I would agree, to a degree, but does one really need to know how a car is made and runs in order to be a proficient driver?
I think the issue is that these people think that they actually know something. In discussion, with an idiot, on an other thread he was saying something like "In today’s society in order to find a job in the US people need computer skills" now that might not sound stupid, and I agree with it since many jobs will require some work on computers (be it true knowledge of how a computer works or even good knowledge of work apps), but the discussion was about streaming movies (Netflix to be exact) and he was equating it to gaining work skills