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unfreeradical @lemmy.world
It was a strawman, or if you prefer, a bogeyman.
1 0 Replyslackassassin @sh.itjust.works It's not a strawman just because you miss the point so entirely.
1 0 Replyunfreeradical @lemmy.world
Your point is that if you needed surgery, then you would want it performed other than by a cook with a dirty spatula.
Your point is meaningless.
No one suggested that someone performing surgery would not be properly trained.
1 2 Replyslackassassin @sh.itjust.works That wasn't my point because i didn't say that. I was explaining that the person who did was only describing how having more or less skill is true using that scenario.
1 0 Replyunfreeradical @lemmy.world
Skill is not a quantity.
You identified as a quantity duration of time invested training.
You conflated an item with one of its attributes.
1 1 Replyslackassassin @sh.itjust.works You can have a quantity of skill.
Skill is not a requirement for justice, nor is it something that should be denied from workers.
1 0 Replyunfreeradical @lemmy.world
Skill is not a quantity, nor is it quantifiable, and your further objection embodies a straw man attack.
1 1 Replyslackassassin @sh.itjust.works Apprentice, tradesman, journeyman, master.
1 0 Replyunfreeradical @lemmy.world
Does an apprentice in a trade have more skill or less in his trade than a master in another trade?
Again, skills differ qualitatively.
At best one may conceive as a quantity a particular kind of skill, but not skill generally.
1 0 Replyslackassassin @sh.itjust.works Ok, you concede skill can be quantified and compared. People can also have more skills than others. And, yes, generally.
1 0 Replyunfreeradical @lemmy.world
No. You are dishonest.
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