• @unfreeradical
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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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      11 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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        1 year ago

        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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          11 year ago

          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?

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            01 year ago

            Any valuation that is imposed is simply one imposed, not natural, and neither is any value derived from it essential as an attribute of that which is being appraised.

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                01 year ago

                There is no axiom, only a negation of an assertion.

                  • @unfreeradical
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                    01 year ago

                    An assertion was given. I simply negated it.

                    Anyone is free to draw any conclusion, or none.