• AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    This sounds more like an attempt to win a rural crowd and play with their “enginear stoopid, farmer smat” sentiment.

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      8 months ago

      Farmers don’t give a crap about carrier catapults, and half of them know more about magnets the he does.

      Someone got paid to convince him to oppose magnets and managed to do it with really stupid arguments.

      He now repeats these arguments without thinking about it because it gets cheers from equally dumb rubes in his audience.

      • vrek@programming.dev
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        8 months ago

        It depends… Also a different skill set.

        If I’m asking about proper crop rotation to keep a high nitrogen level in my soil… I’m absolutely going to a farmer.

        If I need a database to store crop yields and sales… I’m absolutely going to a software engineer.

        If I’m looking for how to reset my forearm after I broke it snow boarding… I’m absolutely going to a doctor.

        If I’m looking for how to make a desk from reclaimed old natural wood… I’m absolutely going to a carpenter.

        Everyone has skills, one profession is not smarter than another. Each profession is smart in what they are trained or experienced in.