> why is mathematical and logical thinking, common to programmers, so rare? What evidence is there that programmers have better mathematical and logical thinki

> why is mathematical and logical thinking, common to programmers, so rare? What evidence is there that programmers have better mathematical and logical thinking? > I've tried teaching many people the difference between "8" and (the literal value) 8...it never seems to stick until you write and run a simple piece of code to test it out. This is unrelated to both mathematics and logic.