Well, I guess what I meant was that the path should be measured by understanding of the subject, not by high-level skills. Or, at least if the skills were to be

Well, I guess what I meant was that the path should be measured by understanding of the subject, not by high-level skills. Or, at least if the skills were to be measured, they should be low-level, like - the ability to search information on the web, the ability to ask a question on a relevant forum, an ability to manage the filesystem, and so on. As for the 8-year old understanding the theory behind how things work... I learned how body/animals operate on the biology class at the age of 10; and the basics of physics as well.