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Roger Long wrote:
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.

Try this,

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

Exactly. That's one of the reasons why the CG requires "sea time" in order to qualify for a license. Perhaps the time makes them wiser. You could modify the statement to read that sea time makes for more wise decisions based on real-world experience.

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

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

True, but they'll make better decisions leading up to those conditions.