reject science
there's a term: mathematically illiterate. it's pretty much a derogatory term used by the so called math literate to boost their smug factor. i don't like it because it's ambiguous. there are a small number of people who can't do math. most people can. which is a good thing given the amount of math people have to do to survive in modern society. for example, given the equations for a damped driven harmonic oscillator, people can generally work through the math and figure out the phase lag between driver and drivee. do we really need a word or phrase for can't-do-math? don't know. don't care. the much more interesting thing is the other use of math illiterate. that is for people who have more faith in their intuition than in pure mathematics. tie the above example to a real world example, the relationship between oil discovery and oil production. math predicts world oil production will decline in the next decade. this is in conflict with intuition. therefore there's something wrong with the math. ouch! again, i don't like the term math illiterate. anyone know a term for this mental phenomenon? there should be one. because it afflicts a disturbingly large majority of the population.