> However, the point of the article is that you can't transfer your skill level in one domain to another.
This is like the study I saw in the 90's where they concluded heterosexual couples are more likely to have children then homosexual couples.
yeah, no shit.
The point _I_ was referring to is the idea that general problem solving isn't a skill.
The absolute best you can come up with is "well it's not perfectly transferrable!".
You know what else isn't perfectly transferrable? The ability for a man to pleasure a woman, it turns out, experience with a particular woman increases that skill.
And yet, no one in their right mind would ever argue that you can't generally be more, or less, skilled in bed.
This is like the study I saw in the 90's where they concluded heterosexual couples are more likely to have children then homosexual couples.
yeah, no shit.
The point _I_ was referring to is the idea that general problem solving isn't a skill.
The absolute best you can come up with is "well it's not perfectly transferrable!".
You know what else isn't perfectly transferrable? The ability for a man to pleasure a woman, it turns out, experience with a particular woman increases that skill.
And yet, no one in their right mind would ever argue that you can't generally be more, or less, skilled in bed.
_this_ is what you're arguing.