@TheMissingno.; Don't even try to compare history to esoteric math subjects a lot of people are, honestly, never going to use beyond high school. (I'm not talking algebra, I'm talking advanced trig and statistics. Yes, most of us who aren't in math and science don't use that very much.)
Ehhmm, it's not the math that is the real important part, it's the part where you sit down and analyze a problem, going through step by step to attain the solution. Somehow that gets lost in translation or something. That's ability is extremely important, nobody thinks engineers need to sit down and do basic integrals.
And besides, humans love problems, as long as they're presented in a satisfying way.