No they aren’t. You’re trying to argue that you can’t max herbalism or mining in 3 hours. You’re just wrong. And even if you were right and it took gasp 6 hours, that’s still one long day to max out a profession for the length of an expansion.
You’re willingfully ignoring the point, which is that professions aren’t deep. The snippet you quoted explains that.
So what is it you’re arguing about? You used the word LIES. We clarified.