Mightier than thou

[Scythe13]

(17 November 2013, 03:04)Mortblanc Wrote: So, what is the point of the post past a universal call for self degradation?

No one can know/do everything, and in spite of the previously stated cliché, one can work around their weaknesses and gather people around them to augment their mutual success. We do so every day in both normal and emergency situations.

Instead of a universal call for self degradation, think of it as a universal call for recognising our capabilities and expertise, and not mistaking book (or youtube) knowledge, for actual first had knowledge.

The second part of what you mentioned about gathering people around with the skills you lack...that's one of the things I said.

To put it into terms I think you'd be more appreciative of, if you met a guy at a Civil War reenactment that went on about knowing everything about the weapons and the alike, but then you find out he's never fired a gun in real life, just read about it....that's what I mean. Using an example of the bow drill (please do not focus on the bow drill, it could have been any one of a million other skills, e.g. bee keeping, sutures, plant recognition, etc) if someone said they could use one and make fire from it easily, but you find out they have never made, used, or seen a friend use, a bow drill, that's what I mean.

And you're right, you didn't start the list. But you did focus on the list.