now I see what you were referring to with acher – I didn’t mean that we shouldn’t learn from Norman lamm, which is true regardless – I am saying that it is he and his haskalah ilk who believe that one merits olam haba by learning math and science in and of themselves. he believed that there’s no difference between math and a piece of gemara r”l.
we agree that math and science are tools, either for parnosa, learning torah, or appreciating Hashem. they are not ends in and of themselves, as Lamm thought – for that he was a heretic.