Most people who take math long enough eventually hit a wall. There is some point when you can just no longer grasp what is being taught. No matter how much you study, you'll never become proficient at that level of math.
The argument largely hinges on the truth of this statement and frankly I have my doubts about its veracity. It seems more likely that people that manage to master certain math topics can master any topic, because the amount of extra abstraction introduced levels off.
For me, Discrete Math is something I've never been able to master.
I don't see how that subject introduces a huge new abstraction over the preceding subjects.
I dunno, that rang true for me. I have two degrees in math and found most of what I studied easy, but algebraic topology utterly humiliated me -- it was just too abstract for me to feel like I had any grasp on what it was talking about.
The argument largely hinges on the truth of this statement and frankly I have my doubts about its veracity. It seems more likely that people that manage to master certain math topics can master any topic, because the amount of extra abstraction introduced levels off.
For me, Discrete Math is something I've never been able to master.
I don't see how that subject introduces a huge new abstraction over the preceding subjects.