What?? Give up tube time?? How radical can you get? Shameless!!

Actually the gear is rather diminished without the knowhow and most of us are well aware of this...

Firearms cause accidents without knowledge of safe practices. The best camp gear cannot compensate for choice of a bad campsite, etc.

The most vivid example is first aid equipment. You cannot treat properly unless you recognize the condition and this usually requires no equipment at all, merely knowledge.

I would rather be handled by a knowledgeable person with no equipment than by a well equipped doofuss...