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Tuxedage comments on What useful skills can be learned in three months? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Tuxedage 26 May 2012 07:00:32PM *  1 point [-]

I concur. It surprises me every one in a while at the number of people who cannot cook. Given that we require nourishment 3 times a day, daily, for the rest of our lives (assuming that we die), it seems obvious that cooking has an extremely high return on investment as compared to many other skills that people suggest we pick up, such as learning an instrument or learning a sport.