> which is among the worst of all sciences in evidentiary practices

Linguistics is worse: It's quite literally based on hearsay.

Edit: I think that's relevant. Perhaps mathematical skill is diametrically opposed to linguistic faculty.

Of course that's nonsense, but it's an observation inferred from the completely separate treatment of these subjects -- and other stereotypes. At least they are seperated to such an effect that being good at one of these is not perceived as prerequisite for the other. If it wasn't for informatics I would never heard the word "logic" in school. And even then, CS is very much focused on number crunching.

In fact, being good at one is often purported as apology a pro pos being bad at the other. I'm not sure why such a schism exists.