It's true that you should think about what you're doing so you can avoid mistakes (and, as a side effect, type less), but you still end up typing quite a bit as a programmer, and you probably want to minimize the impedance mismatch while you're translating your thoughts into code.

I've seen this play out in real life with two programmers who were roughly equal in terms of thinking in abstract terms. One of them was much better at typing (and using tools in general), so their code quality was better overall. The other would get frustrated in the translation/typing stage and produce lots of sloppy and incorrect code.

> thinking >>> editing.

I've heard that argument before but as a plus point for Vim. I just want to fix that typo in the next paragraph (}), not have to pick up a mouse and carefully place the cursor, or move down fifteen lines by hand or something.