I do agree with that, but I consider that to be much more controversial. I didn't want someone arguing "oh yeah? how is higher math ideological?"
It would lead us astray, I fear.
It would lead us astray, I fear.
After reading enough about the history of mathematics, it is nearly impossible to arrive at the conclusion that today's mathematicians do not have their own set of ideological beliefs. However, obtaining high scores in a mathematics degree program is easily achievable without seeing these beliefs as ideological ("that's just how it's done" is a profoundly common and profoundly ideological answer to questions of the form "but why not do things this other way" -- especially in upper-level undergraduate mathematics).