Comment by chii

> But sometimes I see useful topics being discussed that are for whatever reason, marred by mathematics.

it's not marred, but formalized by mathematics.

Maths is very unambiguous. It makes it so that you cannot interpret it wrong, as long as you learn the meaning of the symbols. The transformation of these symbols are logical operations, and follows on from previous operations.

By describing processes or thoughts this way, it ensures that what you say is formal - aka, someone else can follow the logic _exactly_ from the assumptions/axioms.

It also allows you to overlay proven theorems from other fields of maths and apply it to your current situation. By doing so, you can transform your problem to a known solved problem, and therefore, have a solution. This solution might be complicated and require knowledge from that field unrelated to your problem, but i dont think that's a problem with maths itself - it's a sign of your own deficiency.

Finally, maths forces you to think systematically. It forces your brain to adopt a style of thinking that most people find difficult, but it is what it takes to solve problems wholistically.