Americans wear ignorance as a badge of honor, specifically, ignorance of math.

"Let's not get lost in the details", "Let's take a 30,000 foot view of the problem", etc. are common sayings in corporate America that boil down to "I'm not that confident in math, so can we stick to hard-to-prove-false qualitative claims only, please?"

I love this sentiment, I hope it takes off, but I gave up trying years ago.