> I'm sorry but what you provide above is not a proof. It's what passes for a "proof" in internet forums. The proof is empirical, and several-fold: First, the

> I'm sorry but what you provide above is not a proof. It's what passes for a "proof" in internet forums. The proof is empirical, and several-fold: First, the existence of precise recipes that people use. They work. Second, your own inability to even define what needs precision and what doesn't. "Meat pie isn't baking because most baking refers to cakes" is laughable at best. As is "well, yes, for sauces you need a more precise recipe, but it's emulsion". As if "emulsion" or "baking" (which you can't even properly define) is somehow different from the rest of cooking. Third. The "cooking is art" argument doesn't preclude that you can become good at it on precise technique alone. It's not magic. "Until meat is ready" has had a precise temperature measurement Celsius/Fahrenheit for decades. Chemical reactions that cause caramelisation, make emulsions, cause ingredients to tenderise or dry out etc. have been know to decades, can be explained in simple terms, can be observed and measured with instruments that are very commonly available now etc. But that aside, the most infuriating part of your "argument" is that it's the "draw the rest of the owl" [1] argument. Just because you know how to cook, and you don't use precise recipes, and you draw some ill-defined arbitrary lines between where precision is required and where it's not, this somehow invalidates the experiences and the needs of absolutely everybody else. A recipe that's vague caters to the self-professed "cooking is art" snobs. A recipe that's precise can and will serve as a foundation for absolutely everyone, regardless of their proficiency with cooking. This is the same, or was the same for many years in many other areas, by the way. From programming to cycling, from music to martial arts. "It has to come from the heart" has plagued many a hobby. Thankfully, in the age of information it's changing, and people no longer assume that "draw the rest of the owl" is a valid approach. [1] https://external-preview.redd.it/DodWFQ9mQkVyWoKFa0ZIu12PYrPo3P2T0taaK-lgJCo.png?auto=webp&s=c180684f48b01ff6f2cbc72e080067039943de07 https://external-preview.redd.it/DodWFQ9mQkVyWoKFa0ZIu12PYrP...