IFLS promotes science by showing the data/results of science. If you want to get someone interested in programming, do you start with telling them about variab

IFLS promotes science by showing the data/results of science. If you want to get someone interested in programming, do you start with telling them about variables and loops? No, you show them a game or something else cool that's been made via programming. In a time when scientific work is severely under-appreciated and undervalued, why is the author trying to undermine a resource that is doing more to promote science than the whole school system combined?