It is as if mathematics has become something contaminated or toxic at home. It hasbecome so associated with difficulties and anxiety so one hardly dares to talk about it. Iusually say that what is wrong with Malin’s thinking is that she believes that mathe-matics is about being intelligent. She believes you have to understand intuitively, and ifyou do not then you can not do mathematics—it is only geniuses that should do it.