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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9069873" data-attributes="member: 7035894">Okay, I kind of thought you were pulling our legs, but maybe not.Your statement was that, "somethings are better than others. This is a simple fact, even if it's not liked." That is very different than "natural food is far better for a person in a lot of ways." Sure, that's obvious. On the other hand, it has disadvantages, too. For many people, it's not as easily available, and it's much more expensive. It spoils quicker. In general though, yes, I agree! Eat healthy! The point is that context matters; you can't just claim "better" as an objective fact without context.Your other examples are much more problematic. I was just putting in new stairs in my home, which I had never done before - know what I did? I watched a 5 minute Youtube video, and it taught me what I needed to get the job done. I didn't need to purchase and read books on the subject, and I don't want to be an expert on stair installation - I'll probably never do it again. You have the skill of "hunting?" Good for you. We hunted, too, when I was a kid. I haven't used those skills once since I was thirteen. Kind of a waste, really. Whereas my computer skills? Use them everyday. I'm typing right now. Seems pretty "valid."You don't know everyone's context, so judging the validity of their knowledge based on whether it is the same as yours is totally unfair. And you are setting up bizarre counterfactuals, like the only alternative to learning how to fish is playing a fishing video game. Maybe instead of going fishing they were studying medicine. Or law. Or plumbing. Or teaching. Or cooking. Or aquaculture. Maybe they see going fishing as a giant, boring waste of time when they could be doing something more productive.I assume you would disagree with that assessment. And you would be right, because in your context, fishing is super valuable. But respect that other contexts are just as valid as yours.</blockquote>

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