[seadan83]

> But then again, isn't a good portion of this thread non-mathematicians arguing about what math is?

No, a good chunk is clarification of "WTF do you mean?"

The abstract arguing I suspect we all find to not be interesting and absurd. Let's go to substance here..

The article has stated there is evidence that the math related regions of the brain are not nearly as heavily used when coding as compared to the language regions. The "mathematicians" seem to be arguing that this can't be true because coding and math are so closely related.

This is why the article and evidence are interesting. Coding and math are clearly and very closely related in many ways. Yet, the way the brain handles and interprets coding is more akin to pure language, than it is to pure math.

Which I suppose makes it all the more interesting that Math, Language, and coding are so related, yet (per the evidence and the article) - the brain does not see it that way.