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It is not impossible that our current system is making people less mathematically inclined than a different system.

The narrative when this comes up always seems to be about defending the current system as if everything is going so great as is.

In the piano analogy mentioned, it does feel like we spend time drilling scales and tuning the piano at the expense of the average appreciation for music. A good system for producing a small amount of future piano virtuoso while most end up not wanting anything to do with music at all.