This article is not really about debugging, but I would like to add something about debugging, and how the author relates it to programming: I recall one time

This article is not really about debugging, but I would like to add something about debugging, and how the author relates it to programming: I recall one time I helped a relative diagnose and fix a problem with the plumbing at his cottage. My relative was so elated afterward because he enjoyed the evidence gathering, proposing a hypothesis, going down one path of investigation, crossing that off, going down another path, trying experiments, etc. That was all a new experience for him. I didn't want to ruin his excitement by saying what I was thinking: that it was exactly the same debugging I have done all day at work nearly every day for years, and so I did not share his excitement, although I always enjoy a good debugging session. This is all to say that I don't think debugging should be seen as exclusively a programming skill. It's a general skill that can be applied to certain types of problem solving. I probably learned it initially by playing with toys like train sets and wooden blocks. Later, I would use it when repairing things around the home. The schools I attended never attempted to teach debugging. My parents never knew how to debug. I think it is a useful skill for any person to know, but maybe I am biased. If we wanted to, we could teach children how to do it with physical mechanisms, and it would probably be intuitive, and maybe even fun.