Many people in engineering believe that to understand something, it is necessary and sufficient to have a low-level mathematical description of that thing. That you need to "know the math behind it". In nearly all cases, it is neither sufficient nor at all necessary – far from it

— François Chollet (@fchollet) October 26, 2018

Yes. I had a friend who could basically solve any equation. He, however, didn’t understand what any of them actually meant. He was just good at math. This is true of all too many in the STEM fields. They are so narrow they could slide under a door.

Math is not unimportant, but understanding it is not a key to some great mystery. It’s just another tool. It’s not a substitute for everything else.