I agree with several of the above posters. Mathematics is abstract, logical, and a system that is carefully built using logic. It is useful in many different ways, especially in technical fields.

Physics has many mind-warping theories that are currently investigated/believed by many but I suspect the science has stalled, caught on bad theories/models.

Note that within physics/astronomy, the p-value (probability used to rule out coincidences in statistics) is way higher than in medicine/biology.

Personally, I think statistics, pure mathematics, applied mathematics, algorithms etc are fantastic topics to study because they help with understanding everything. Statistics especially helps see through BS in media and in published journal articles. "Lies, damn lies, and statistics." I say this as someone with a degree in engineering and another in computer science. A colleague of mine doing similar work did mathematics followed by a GIS masters.