Originally Posted by Val
Err...well, the first point in that presentation claims that "everyone can learn math to the highest levels." I find that statement offensive.
Perhaps the secret to learning math "to the highest levels" is the way it's taught. Have you read The Joy of X by Steven Strogatz? It presents often hard-to-understand concepts in a such a way to make accessible some of math's "most compelling and far-reaching ideas" (quote from the book).