I'm aware this article was reposted fairly recently [0] but I came across some interesting discussion on the math subreddit [1] and thought it would be weird to post the commentary there directly instead of linking the original source. For those who do not bother to fully read the article please note they are talking about elementary (ie school level) math skills rather than anything more advanced.<p>[0]: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26938461" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26938461</a><p>[1]: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/srwvx9/the_myth_of_im_bad_at_math_basic_ability_in_the/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/srwvx9/the_myth_of_im...</a>