Why are mopst people frightened of numbers?
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Unfortunately I have the same reaction when I tell people I chose to study maths as a degree-people look at me as if I'm crazy!  I think that it is possibly due to the fact that to do and understand maths, you have to understand the language in which it is written, and unfortunately, that language can look rather confusing!  \n\nAlso, I think that maths can be very intense-if you compare a maths book to a novel, there will be much more information per page in the maths book than the novel, and I think that sometimes people are put off by this, which is a real shame!\n\nAlso, sometimes maths can be counter intuitive, and I guess this also discourages people!  Like for example "a minus times a minus is a plus".\n\nIt's such a shame that people do seem to be put off of maths and numbers, because it is such a great subject!  I include a link below to a magazine called Plus, which is published on the web for free, and which has fun articles, aimed at mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike, on all sorts of maths related topics.
362575
because mathematically speaking +2 is a larger value than \n-2 and people like things with positive value better than things with a negative value.  so thanks for the points
227855
They scare people away but also make them curious.
939674
they are afraid of the truth. its alot easier not to look at the problem, and have it removed.
743632
afraid...they dont know what the tests will be like and theyre afraid of what the answer will be
104243
I think as Americans we are all scared. Scared to leave our homes unlocked in broad daylight, scared to go out at night, scared of terrible disseases, and much more. The media makes it sound like the BIG BAD BUGS will all get us. I think it's a propaganda of fear. Check out my recent quesions and you will see I have been asking similar questions of people and they concure. Its not just germs we're scared of...
1019600
Because every counting number is either a prime or is made up of them (except 1).  Maybe not the T.O.E., but they explain alot about how numbers relate to each other.
70051
I've not heard of math's phobia but there is a form of dyslexia called Dyscalculia which is effectively number blindness.  It affects your ability to process numbers, repeat patterns and manipulate formulas.  At 47 despite having a masters degree i still can't do my times tables (I do series addition), I can't do jigsaws because of the patterns involved, and although i can do mental maths I can't manipulate formulas as when I start moving the bits around it stops making sense.\n\nDyscalculia is a nuisance but you learn to live with it.  it doesn't mean you are thick (as I was labelled at school) I have a gift with the English language and have made my career in this.  Don't panic, if this is the diagnosis then an educational psychologist can help by identifying strategies to help, and schools will then know how to assist.  If a person is Dyscalculaic then they are covered by the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and the Special Educational Needs Act(SEDA) in the UK.  I think there is equivalent or similar laws in the uS.\n\nGood luck, take heart and work with it - you will find that you are gifted in other ways.  Don't ever use it as an excuse to fail, find out how to succeed in another way.
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*Shrugging my furry shoulders* Humans fear the unfamiliar...\nFear triggers a fight or flight instict and in this case that fear triggered fight instinct has led to irrational blindness of actual reality.\nNowhere is this blindness seen in greater concentration than in the groups that sadly are filled with a lot of people who would prefer to believe in text, written during the dark ages, when the world was thought of as flat; than to think for themselves and use their hearts and minds to decide what is right and wrong.\n\nThey are just lazy I guess or sadly far far from in touch with the true path...
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http://www.yogi.com/Teach/fear_of_the_number_thirteen.html
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People are scared of what they don't know and understand. Just hold your head up high and ignore them, as long as you are comfortable in your own skin thats all that matters.
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Every person like different types. Even one single person may like serious type but after some time to change his mind. Anyway, people are afraid of serious things and more usual they prefer the loud... :)
45517
Most people are afraid of things they do not understand
887590
There will be nobody forcing you to get a number on your right hand or forehead.  It's just to get you paranoid.
1039148
I think that it scares them. It is terrifying, sometimes, to know that God holds societies accountable for their behaviors.
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Because they are afraid of the truth. I wonder how mnay of them know the truth.
659458
For some reason certain religions need a figure which can invoke fear in it's followers. Some religions believe that it's better for their followers to fear the punishment than to understand why something is wrong. \nSatan was invented for the same reason that wives tales about "beasts" in the forest were, to scare their children into not doing what their parents didn't want them to.