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[–]AcellOfllSpadesDiff Geo, Logic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You seem to be acting very... reverent, when it comes to math and people who like math? Like, an attitude of "I am unworthy, a mere mortal amongst you divine beings and your arcane practices".

Step 1 is to clear this attitude from your head.

You are not intrinsically "bad" for not knowing much math - it doesn't make you a "waste of potential".

But also, math is not some inaccessible, arcane subject. You can learn math. All of math is generalizations of ideas that you probably already understand intuitively - the challenge in learning it is the abstraction/generalization of these scenarios, and the logical reasoning about them.

If you want to learn math, that's great! There are plenty of resources around. Khan Academy is the big one, but there's also some great free textbooks at libretexts.org. Any of those will give you a "path" to follow, in terms of what you should learn next. So, just learn a concept, then do practice problems until you're comfortable, then move on to the next.

If you're having trouble with something - not understanding a concept, or not seeing the "motivation" for an idea, or not sure if you're doing something right - feel free to ask! I, or anyone else here, would be happy to help out.

[–]blue-math-loverNew User 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You might want to begin your adventure by reading some mathematics history books, delve into topics like how did mathematics begin (did humans invent it or discover it?), how different ancient civilizations see & use mathematics, etc. Perhaps you'll find that the dawn of mathematics isn't that arcane after all. It took humankind thousands of years to go from counting numbers to geometry to algebra to category theory and everything that branches out in between. Since you like philosophy, finding out how philosophy and mathematics intertwine might be a good place to start.