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>>If I don't get the pattern in maths yet maybe it's
>>because I haven't encountered it in a sensory modality which is comfortable
>>for me.
>Well ... I hate to backtrack and actually look as if I'm actually agreeing 
>with GA Moore and Hendrik Jan (Hi guys!!), but I think the basic idea here 
>is that the patterns in mathematics are not in fact properly expressible in 
>any given sensory modality.

I think they are plainly discernable, but they have to be pointed out by 
good teachers at first, and then you have to continue past the basics. 
Maybe its like appreciating fine wine. I can tell the difference between 
a $5 bottle of Merlot and a $10 bottle, but not between the $10 and the 
$30 bottle. I am sure there are differences though although I can't taste 
them. Or maybe a better analogy is literature. If you only studied 
grammar and had one class in Shakespeare which you hated, you would not 
know or appreciate the many great pieces of writing out there.