I agree with the part about every sufficiently smart person being able to program if they're willing to learn and put the time.
With that, everybody should be willing to agree, as long as you do not give a definition for 'sufficiently smart' and 'programming'.
I know that may sound mean, but without attempting to define these, any counterargument to that claim can be rebutted with either "but he's not sufficiently smart" or "but x is also a form of programming"
I agree, and I should have formulated my answer better. What I mean by sufficiently smart is a person that will be recognized as smart enough to be functional in any other field that requires thinking, from the arts to the humanities.
With that, everybody should be willing to agree, as long as you do not give a definition for 'sufficiently smart' and 'programming'.
I know that may sound mean, but without attempting to define these, any counterargument to that claim can be rebutted with either "but he's not sufficiently smart" or "but x is also a form of programming"