He is deeply committed to never speaking about any statistic or numerical fact in a way that would suggest that it's important to understand how basic math works, or even that it exists at all.
But it is not just numbers, it is reality in general. No commitment to facts, to acknowledging "things as they actually are."
Math is used to solve problems, but "solving problems" is not his core value.
To be fair, reality itself is "anxiety inducing" for many.