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Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by ghaff on Friday July 15, 2022 @09:52AM (#32108204)
Just because someone is born into poor circumstances without many options for upward mobility doesn't make them stupid. Furthermore, truck driver isn't a particularly low skill occupation. I couldn't drive an 18-wheeler. Can you? And something like taxi driving mostly seems low skill because most adults in industrialized society have been driving since they were relatively young.
Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by qsort on Friday July 15, 2022 @10:01AM (#32108305)
It's not a reasonable interpretation of what I wrote that I'm implying they're stupid.
Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday July 15, 2022 @04:49PM (#32112660)
I think it is. That was pretty much the impression it gave me.
Re:Why wasn't the steam engine invented earlier? Part II by wrycoder on Friday July 15, 2022 @10:37AM (#32108636)
The skill was in having a map of London in your head.