Innate ability does exist, yes, but it's not as uncommon as you might think. IIRC, the people who have trouble learning to program, for example, are those that

Innate ability does exist, yes, but it's not as uncommon as you might think. IIRC, the people who have trouble learning to program, for example, are those that have difficulty forming a coherent mental model of assignment, and other similarly basic ideas. How many people like that do you know? Sure, innate ability can sometimes make things a bit easier, but a lack of it rarely makes things impossible, AFAICT. I may be wrong...