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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9814778" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Of these, math is the only one I fully disagree with, and that mostly because math allows at very best only a very small degree of wiggle room, generally in the space of rapid estimation. In almost all other contexts, the purpose of math is to be either absolutely correct, or to be as close as is physically achievable to absolutely correct because absolute correctness is impossible. That is, solutions are either analytic (perfect solutions) or numerical (approximations up to an arbitrary, but never perfect, precision). Hence, math stands apart as a special thing where perfection is sometimes attainable and always worth pursuing, even if you're unable to actually reach it.So, no, I would not say that "doing math is not hard", unless we start employing equivocation--e.g. "Doing arithmetic is not hard. Doing differential equations well is hard."Baking does inch in this direction because it is much more of a science than most practical arts...but it's still significantly art, a matter of both creator's personal taste, and audience's preferences. Acting, of course, is always both of those. Math is, at least as much as anything can be, truly objective.</blockquote>