Re: [OPE-L] Abstraction

From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Thu Jun 14 2007 - 04:08:49 EDT


 
Ian
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I only meant that you cannot get an ordinarily skilled person to do
the work of a surgeon over a longer period of time, as you can get an
ordinarily skilled person to do the work of a bricklayer, though over
a longer period of time 
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Paul
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Are surgeons then from a different species?
All trades, that of surgeon included, involve a time acquiring the
skill.
Thus over a longer period of time you can get any person to do it -
provided
that you set aside the time for them to gain the skill. This longer
period
also applies to bricklaying - if it is to be done soundly rather than
making
a botched job of it. The time to aquire some skills is shorter than
others
but there is not a qualitative difference.


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