So a lack of math understand can lead to doing stupid things.

The Huffington Post: Flight Delayed After Woman Fears Professor Doing Math Is A Terrorist. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw-7z6xSo

Sadly, I do believe, there are millions of stupid people in our country. This stupidity had been for years been promoted by various organizations such as  GOP, religious schools and universities, as just few examples.

This showed up in things like,  denying climate change, GMO's, etc...