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      1 year ago

      Skills differ qualitatively, but not by expressing any natural ranking as greater or lesser one against another.

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        1 year ago

        Well, I do agree that the surgeon isn’t necessarily a better person because he has spend more time studying, but the greater time investment in training a surgeon is something that needs to be taken into consideration. How do you think should it be considered?

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          Now you are shifting the goalposts. I am not asserting that no one would take note of how someone may acquire one skill compared to another.

          Again, skills are different, not greater or lesser.

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            Again, skills are different, not greater or lesser.

            That’s what’s called an axiom, because it’s a statement that can’t really be argued. To disprove it, a valuation of skills would need to be imposed, and any valuation could just as easily be rejected, or turn out to be useless. And I do agree with your axiom.

            So, my question is, what conclusions do you derive from the axiom?