Yes, as a consultant Mr. Beck has no concern about code correctness. He only needs it to please the client sufficiently to maintain his reputation. Since users are used to low quality software, that’s a practicable bar to meet just winging it.
And as a seller of programming books, he increases his target audience by excluding the small percentage of mathematically literate programmers and appealing to the majority who find logic intimidating.
And as a seller of programming books, he increases his target audience by excluding the small percentage of mathematically literate programmers and appealing to the majority who find logic intimidating.