It's a little different though. I think a better analogy would be writing, and I have seen people claim to not be good at writing as others do with math in gene

It's a little different though. I think a better analogy would be writing, and I have seen people claim to not be good at writing as others do with math in general. Reading would be like counting in math, and most people can do that. I agree though, that with practice many would probably benefit from it for either math or writing. But there will be some people, who will just be not good at math short of some upgrades to their brains.