[baudrunner]

Again, mathematics is the holy grail. (I am being sarcastic)

The truth can be compared to the trunk of the tree of knowledge. If one stays with the trunk and does not digress then more truth is more easily acquired. Simple explanations resolve problems. But when one diverts from the truth, ie. branches out, the further one digresses, the more one leans on mathematics to prove the untrue facts that one encounters along the way. More digression leads to more math, until the point of theory is lost to the reader in a jumble of equations and numbers that only serve to confuse, bewilder, and impress. There is no denying that there is knowledge there and facts abounding, but facts and knowledge do not always represent the truth. In my experience, the less sense one makes, the less one has resorted to practical explanation and the more one has turned to mathematical modelling. There are only too many clipboard carrying, white lab coat wearing wanabees who will shove their notes under your nose and point to the math but when asked for a simple explanation only draw a blank. They just can't. They don't get my respect.