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Steve Coast · 21 Sept 2022

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Every claim below was made in this piece, quoted word for word and numbered in the order the piece makes them, so you can read it there rather than take our word for it. The sentence above each quote is our reading of the claim, not their wording. Each quote was checked against a stored copy of the page at build time; where the two differ, the quote is the fact.

Our reading
The purpose of professional training is to produce people who are competent and capable of independent thought and leadership in their field.

Their wordsThe aim of any professional training in the end is to make you someone competent, capable of independent thought and leadership in a specified field.
Our reading
People don't really control most outcomes, so the sensible response to events is to look for the good in them.

Their wordsWe don't really control anything anyway, so we may as well find the good in things.

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