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[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's the tool that she's learned to get the job done, the virtue of the tool does not matter to a master crafts~~man~~person, only their proficiency.

[–] Gustephan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That might be the stupidest thought terminating cliché ive ever heard. The virtue of the tool absolutely does matter. I'm not out here trying to metaphorically mine iron with a pickaxe when we have metaphorical excavators available, and no amount of expertise will allow somebody to be more efficient with the pickaxe than any random novice with an excavator.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Absolutely true - and that's when 'masters' become obsolete.