Now, before you read this, imagine I'm a stand-up comedian. But I'm not funny at all, just sharing thoughts. (There is a TL;DR at the end)
In my personal opinion, Scientists are so much more impressive than Mathematicians. with me here. This could just be because Math comes easily to me, and Science not so much, but IN MY OPINION Scientists are much more impressive.
Because Scientists have to learn all this stuff about how random things work together to create a universe, and there are so many things to explore right from the get-go. When presented with Science as a child, one of the selling points is how vast the study is.
But with Math, the selling point is boring numbers all day and no one likes it. But then you have to pursue it to see how amazing it is.
Well, both work in similar ways, with everything just... lining up and making sense. You can use past knowledge to fill in blanks in present studies. With Math, it's much more obvious (to me), but Science seems so much more free-form.
Either study has so many options to specialize in. With Math, you have Algebra, Geometry, etc. With Science you have Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, and Astronomy, each branching out to get more specific the deeper you delve into it. But only Science has that immediately out there as something to focus on.
To be fair though, a child can say "I want to learn more about sea turtles. And people can tell them how they live, what they eat, what hurts them, and all that stuff without having to teach them a lot. With math, you HAVE to learn basics. You don't have to learn cell theory to know what a turtle eats. You have to learn numbers then functions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to learn anything else.