Yes, yes, all that is true -- but are you claiming that education is useless in helping people understand the ways of the world? Are you claiming that people today on average don't understand the basic workings of this world better than they use to?
If today someone had given a man a drug that puts him in a sleep so deep it looked like death then declared him dead, how many today would think it was a miracle if he woke up?
Some, surely -- but not most (I would hope!).
My point is education makes people less likely to think simple science is a 'miracle'. In the past, people were apt to write down every unusual event to a 'miracle'.
And you are arguing that education does *not* help???
I'm sorry, I just can't agree with that point.
No I'm positing that skill(education) is needed by humans..
But wisdom should be the bar sought after.. I thought I said that..
What is wisdom anyway?.. More important question than "what makes this or that work"..
The Difference between a Tinkerer.. and Sage.. even though a Sage might appreciate a good Cabernet and/or a hot tub.. maintained by a tinkerer.. or a tinkerer the wise counsel of the Sage.. The metaphorical difference between the two is immense.. Thats what I thought I said or implied..
I've known rich people that were poor and poor people that were rich.. and tinkerers that were Sages and Sages that were tinkerers... i.e. Scientist/Engineer = tinkerer.. Sage = possessor of wisdom..