High school math to the rescue

The distribution of numbers (things that are counted in particular) has never bothered my mind. However, I like the article and the comments that follow: you don't need to be a mathematician to see that the 'so-called' problem stated in the outset is probably not a problem at all for math/physics. I'm not enough of an expert to say if there are other far-reaching propositions that can be made from this and benefit us because of the application of such a rule. With enough math in my tool belt, as I read it, I was able to come up with examples and my own thoughts on it that were justified because they resembled several people who had come up with the same ideas as I did. 

I hate the phrase "I'm no mathematician, but ...": math is for the people, for everyone who cares to learn its language. The earlier quote shows how removed people in Western societies feel from something that I find so natural. Without math, how could this world exist? The physical world is built on a framework of this elegant system. So, we are in awe of it. I'm cool with that, I am too. Does it mean we have to fear it like God? God is a human construct -- maybe there is a God, but math won't throw a thunderbolt down on us if we slight It. Math won't judge us if we gossip or don't choose the right Math to pray to. Math is the first thing to exist. I guess I feel fortunate that I can read an article about something that makes people think -- and have an opinion about it, an intelligent guess at the answer.