Close, but not close enough.

"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Now, that is just crap. It is the kind of binary, black and white, either
or, thinking that as at the heart of the intellectual rot that is
destroying this culture.

The culture is founded on good vs evil, that evil and good are absolute,
certain and capable of being defined and understood. It is the melding of
those two that are destroying the culture. When good compromises with evil
is the end result good or just a little less evil?



Try this,

Time at sea makes wiser and more experience sailors. Formal training and
other experience also do.


Only wiser and more experienced sailors spend more time at sea. The
incompetent are weeded out by nature.



Some sailors get wiser and are better at turning their experience into
sound judgement than others. (Every standard deviation bell curve has
two ends.)

Aaahahahahahahahaaaa!!!! Right, the sea and sailors have powers beyond
anyone else. The activity is the extension of the man. Circumstance does not
make the man, it reveals him. A good number of sailors are just like those
Harley-Davidson people. They go out and buy an image and play the role.



No sailor will ever be wise and experienced enough for some of the the
conditions that may be encountered at sea.


If they are that wise, they would stay ashore and avoid the situation beyond
their control.

Personal experience only lasts a lifetime, wisdom is built upon the
experiences of others as well and when passed on lasts for eternity. Wisdom
gives the power to avoid mistakes and move ahead, experience is what is
learned from mistakes and not moving ahead.

Experience is a poor substitute for competence.

Wilbur Hubbard has all three - experience, competence and an overdose of
wisdom!