But (1) statistics is really not the kind of math that is being talked about in the article, (2) even if you study statistics in a graduate program, you'll be inundated with hypothesis tests and alpha=0.05 and any deeper insight just kind of has to develop on its own, (3) the only math you need to understand the shortcomings of statistical tests is P(A|B) != P(B|A) and (4) the reproducibility crisis is primarily due to publication bias and null hypothesis significance testing is at most a catalyst.