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by Eisenstein 298 days ago
Thought experiment: you can ride a bike. You can see other people ride bikes. Some portion of people get on a bike and fall off, then claim that bikes are not useful for transportation. Specify what skill they are lacking without saying 'ability to ride a bike'.
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For a bike? Balance, fine motor control, proprioception, or even motivation. You can always break it down.
Knowing those things won't help them acquire the skill. What will help them be able to ride a bike is practicing trying to riding a bike until they can do it.