I got called out for saying “they don’t have the competence” instead of “they don’t have the experience” and I was wrong and I feel bad
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Replying to @humpjones
“Competence” confers less fluidity than “experience”, could be interpreted as more judgmental and fatalist about ability
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Replying to @BagelDaughter @humpjones
But that's the listener's own brain damage. "Talent" is the same effect, but stronger; people think that talent is not something that can be developed over time should be vehemently chastised for thinking that way
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(but I guess there is a distinction between competence and experience and sometimes we just have to live with it)
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Replying to @makoConstruct @humpjones
I guess I would rather address the brain damage by helping foster a positive attitude about skill acquisition than by protecting the sanctity of this particular word
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I do think many words are misused and misappropriated and it’s annoying but it feels less important when real people are right there, being these untraversed trees of potential like they tend to do
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