We dont need proofs, calculus, reasons, process, principles and theorems actually. Just results and facts are in demand for our lives. But it may make us subordinate to people who have invented theories of statistics or calculus, because we have no choice but refer to and based on their theories, I mean, depend on them even if the theories are absolutely correct or truth of the universe.
Most people don’t need mathematical statistics, but far more will find meaning/interest in the immediate applications of lighter statistics than the another-math-class-full-of-equations that calculus feels like to many.
Anecdotally, most universities are scrambling to add lighter data science courses to their humanities majors. These all teach basic stats, and many ignore the low-level calculus required for those methods (again, speaking of the humanities versions here).