It was you who compared music to maths. People in general perceive music as "what is being played" vs. mathematics "what is being written on a page". This is t

It was you who compared music to maths. People in general perceive music as "what is being played" vs. mathematics "what is being written on a page". This is the common concept, but it is incomplete. Music has its boring parts (notation), so does maths, but the general public is prone to confuse maths as a whole with its "sheet music". "when they're navel gazing" Maybe they're just thinking?