The reason I call touch typing the proper technique is that it does very good in terms of both wpm, accuracy, comfort, teachability and time of mastery. That's why it is more popular than all other nameless techniques. So until there is a technique that does better in all those terms on average, I think it's not the biggest crime to call it "the proper technique". If you don't like it, call it mainstream, popular, whatever.[1] It's the technique every ambitious typist needs to start with at this age (Unless they are already very good). Because as far as I know there is no better technique that is teachable at this time.
As to the guitar comment; there are so many guitar methods. Everybody picks one or another. People who try to learn the thing without help from any techniques / methods won't have high chances of being successful in a reasonable amount of time. (I'm a musician too.) If we agree on the benefit of a technique, when we apply this to typing we naturally come to touch typing. Because as far as I know it is the only documented and teachable typing technique. I'll be happy to be proven wrong. I've been looking for an alternative technique, but couldn't find any until now.
Everybody likes to bash touch typing saying that they have their own special technique they developed over the years that outperform touch typing, but I don't see how this is relevant. We cannot expect everybody to develop their own perfect typing technique over the years when there is already a tried & tested technique available.
In short, what I'm saying is, name a "more proper" technique, and I will shut up. Personal and obscure "techniques" that are not teachable don't count.
[1] And your philosophical argument doesn't really make sense. Yes, touch typing is a human construct. If we can't call it "proper" just because it was invented by humans, then we are in trouble. I didn't call it "proper" because I was implying that it was a gift from the gods. I called it that because there are a lot of indicators that it is the most proper thing that we have available at the moment.
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