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By poet I would mean someone who writes poems.
Eh, probably. But given how we normally think about poetry and Middle Eastern culture, at least in Khalil Gibran's era (1900-1930), it's nice to see someone from that background talking about how awesome it is to build better boats. I like finding hints of modernism in unexpected places.
You can't call them 'inventors' though, because that's not as high-status as 'poet'.
It isn't? That's... broken.
Yes, that was my attempted point.
(In that vein my attempted point in reply approximately translates to "I agree with your point that it would be broken if true, am startled to hear that it actually is true but take your word for it".)
It isn't?
That hasn't been my experience, quite the opposite. Is this a cultural difference between Scandinavia and America, or am I missing something?