I'd even go so far as to argue that "making math mandatory" doesn't prevent us from discovering talent as much as removing the mandate does.

Because look, even if it were possible to 'remove' math requirements from fields like medicine, geology, or fashion design (hint: it isn't, because reality doesn't care about anyone's fantasies), maybe allowing people to call themselves professionals in those domains without actually, you know-- being competent at them--

gets in the way of those people discovering just where their talents actually lie.

Maybe they DO have talents. But maybe a high school or university/college classroom isn't where they're going to find them. If we participate in the fallacy, we are tacitly discouraging those people from doing the kind of exploration necessary for finding out where they ARE competent.

Sorry-- the article is just stupid. The logic there is abysmal.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.