Aside from the social aspect of it, which the other answers have covered pretty well, it also does a lot to inform the way you look at the world. ... And well, being a Math Whiz is indubitably a good thing on the whole, it opens up opportunities, offers you insight and is often helpful when impressing people at Cocktail Parties. read more
I think that if most people wanted to get over a difficulty with math, they could. It would just involve a lot of low-status things like learning things elementary schoolers learn, and most people don't want to do that. read more