Originally Posted by
whitearrow
... but the idea that you can train anyone to use them in a few hours is utterly ridiculous.
Unfortunately, one of the dearest beliefs of most Americans is that years of focused study in a university renders people worthless to society, but that a few hours or few days of paraprofessional "training" grants special insight into the workings of the universe, and transfers into pre-eminent expertise in virtually any other subject matter