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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

My point is there are plenty of things people use every day and don't fully understand the mechanisms behind them. That is the benefit of society having people with expertise.

The average person doesn't need to know how springs are formed, the chemical make up of the metal involved, the process of cutting trees, harvesting their lumber, cutting it into planks, how to make screws, how to weave cloth, how to create the thread for the weaving, or how to collect the materials for the thread, all in order to sleep in a bed.

Do that for every item you use on a daily basis and you see how it becomes impossible. There's always more you can learn and one person can't learn everything.

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