An amusing thought experiment but obviously it would have catastrophic consequences in real life... Pretty much anyone can get good at the game by watching Let’s Plays or reading guides.
Honest question: is that fundamentally any different than building skills by imitating StackOverflow solutions or studying principles and patterns to build knowledge? I would view those as respective software development analogues, though there's definitely room for disagreement, particularly for very deep problem and solution spaces.
The difference is that what you can learn on StackOverflow might actually be useful on the job.
I don’t know, but I wouldn’t take the risk to find out in a professional environment.
I agree with the sentiment, but the ability to study (read guides) and demonstrate understanding/retention of the material by actually doing something (playing Factorio) is a good signal.
Sounds like copying and pasting jQuery snippets from Stack Overflow.