>And yet natural language aptitude highly predicts programming ability Its all correlated with g. >[0] They contrast "language learning ability", ie intrinsi

>And yet natural language aptitude highly predicts programming ability Its all correlated with g. >[0] They contrast "language learning ability", ie intrinsic intelligence, with "math knowledge", ie amount of schooling. For reference, you can take (a version of) the math knowledge test used here: https://www.idrlabs.com/numeracy/test.php https://www.idrlabs.com/numeracy/test.php If the article wanted to give a more honest interpretation of the paper, they would have focused on the leading predictor of programming ability, "fluid reasoning and working-memory capacity". One supposes this to be quite useful in math and engineering.