Mathematics is More Popular Than Music

The fact is that there are few more 'popular' subjects than mathematics. Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people really interested in mathematics than in music. Appearances may suggest the contrary, but there are easy explanations. Music can be used to stimulate mass emotion, while mathematics cannot; and musical incapacity is recognized (no doubt rightly) as mildly discreditable, whereas most people are so frightened of the name of mathematics that they are ready, quite unaffectedly, to exaggerate their own mathematical stupidity.

Notes:

People can enjoy music emotionally despite not understanding it technically, more people understand mathematics a even a little technically but fear causes them to discredit their ability.

Folksonomies: mathematics music

Taxonomies:
/science/mathematics (0.759850)
/science (0.209565)
/art and entertainment/music (0.145055)

Keywords:
mathematics (0.954463 (negative:-0.467465)), people (0.778074 (positive:0.003606)), musical incapacity (0.592809 (neutral:0.000000)), pleasant tune (0.589780 (positive:0.551681)), mass emotion (0.571196 (neutral:0.000000)), mathematical stupidity (0.563304 (negative:-0.637643)), easy explanations (0.551982 (positive:0.393584)), Music People (0.446526 (neutral:0.000000)), contrary (0.235457 (negative:-0.224108)), fear (0.233120 (negative:-0.691286)), ability (0.224272 (negative:-0.691286)), doubt (0.221461 (negative:-0.345142)), appreciation (0.215015 (neutral:0.000000)), fact (0.212374 (negative:-0.201224)), subjects (0.211604 (neutral:0.000000))

Concepts:
Psychology (0.933898): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Paul Ekman (0.920912): website | dbpedia | freebase | yago
Feeling (0.900516): dbpedia | freebase
Music (0.859080): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Perception (0.842183): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Neuroscience (0.784323): dbpedia | freebase
Emotion (0.747600): dbpedia | freebase
Mathematics (0.746493): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc

 A Mathematician's Apology
Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Hardy , G. H. and Snow , C. P. (2012-03-26), A Mathematician's Apology, Retrieved on 2012-06-01
  • Source Material [books.google.com]
  • Folksonomies: mathematics