Dyscalculia?

[asterroc]

Ever heard of dyscalculia? I'm curious about it, but can find little on the web (so far). I believe that a person who can't understand numbers can't make a good scientist. If nothing else, just having a calculator won't let them choose the right formula to put the numbers into. If you have dyslexia, I'd think you could come up with different ways of understanding the formulae, but if you can't understand the concept of numbers at all, I really don't know what could be done.

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[rosefox]

Dyscalculia isn't necessarily about not understanding numbers, anymore than dyslexics don't understand words. It's about trouble with numerals. Many dyscalculics do well with advanced and theoretical mathematics while having terrible trouble with arithmetic (a common phrase is "the numbers keep moving around").