Why do math and physics come so easily to some people but feel almost impossible to others? What actually causes this gap?
Despite this being the disfavored explanation, it’s probably mostly genetic combined with congenital non-genetic brain differences.
I’m extremely good at anything verbal or language-based. And I can study 100x or even 1000x as long anything involving math and never achieve really anything. Yes, even if I understand the concept or practicum at the time perfectly, can do all the practice problems and apply it. As soon as I move on from that, it’s gone like smoke in the wind. It’s like I never learned it.
Whereas if I only glance for something for a second or two in the language realm, I’ll remember it forever.
It obviously is just built in and people hate that idea. Nevertheless, it’s true.
I do wonder, though, if some of my math incapacity comes from actual brain damage. I’m pretty sure I used to be a good deal better at math before I got hit in the head a lot as a kid and young teenager.
But what happened happened; can’t change it now.