It's not, because "bugs you write" includes bugs that don't make it to production. I doubt there's a programmer who's worked in a language without static types

It's not, because "bugs you write" includes bugs that don't make it to production. I doubt there's a programmer who's worked in a language without static types who's not familiar with the "write, run, read error, find silly bug, fix silly bug, repeat" development loop. Usually it becomes second nature.