Testers: when we speak of “manual testing”, we help to damage the craft.

That’s a strong statement, but it comes from years of experience in observing people thinking and speaking carelessly about testing. Damage arises when some people who don’t specialize in testing (and even some who do) become confused by the idea that some testing is “manual” and some testing is “automated”. They don’t realize that software development and the testing within it are design studio work, not factory work. Those people are dazzled by the speed and reliability of automation in manufacturing. Very quickly, they begin to fixate on the idea that testing can be automated.