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timoth3y · 2021-02-06 04:09:42+00:00

It's like playing basketball or playing golf.

Almost anyone can learn to do it and to enjoy it. But to be really good takes years of effort and probably some natural talent as well.

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Prrometheus | karma 3355 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2008-04-21 15:34:20+00:00

It's like playing a sport: it takes practice to become a natural at it.

james1071 | karma 249 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2018-09-01 14:52:20+00:00

Basically - you can learn to do it. You can learn to like it and get really good at it.

dsego | karma 9522 | avg karma 3.12 · | 2018-08-19 13:13:55+00:00

It's like talent in art or sports, some people are intuitively good at it, ie have a knack for it, others need to work at it.

lxe | karma 6689 | avg karma 5.59 · | 2020-09-10 21:42:11+00:00

Just because you can get good at something, doesn't mean it's not hard :)

visarga | karma 12425 | avg karma 1.65 · | 2017-10-12 15:33:20+00:00

It really is a skill. You can get good at it in a very short time, or in a lifetime, or never.

bjourne | karma 11379 | avg karma 2.71 · | 2016-01-20 20:24:07+00:00

It's a skill like any other and you can learn it by practicing.

CydeWeys | karma 28315 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2020-03-14 19:13:26

I don't think that's true. People can get a lot better at it in a relatively short period of time. I have.

jotm | karma 1711 | avg karma 0.8 · | 2013-12-05 15:13:59+00:00

Yet you won't know what you're really good at until you've tried it.

And that takes time - basically, the 42 year old just had more time to figure out what he's good at.

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jasfi | karma 911 | avg karma 0.88 · | 2022-11-19 08:42:09

Sure, but some people are naturally better at that than others. I'm sure practice helps though.

hindsightbias | karma 3833 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2021-05-11 10:50:30

They're not. It just takes practice.

hfgjbcgjbvg | karma 21 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2023-10-30 08:45:34

Nah if you’re good at it. It can be amazing every time. But like anything, it feels like a lot of work before you get good at it.

qasar | karma 695 | avg karma 14.79 · | 2014-07-19 00:16:39+00:00

That's very broad question like "how do you become good at basketball?". I emailed you some starting points. We can continue the conversation there.

advael | karma 3175 | avg karma 4.12 · | 2024-07-01 07:28:04

Sure. There are people who can do that. I think it's a hard skill to master but definitely one that can be performed and improved somewhat reliably for people who manage to get the hang of it initially and care to work at it, and which I have seen a decent number of examples of, including a few who seem better at it than me

f7t7ft7 | karma 32 | avg karma 1.23 · | 2013-12-07 05:58:53+00:00

No, you just have to try...and of course practice if you want to get any good at it.

acidus | karma 29 | avg karma 1.26 · | 2017-07-29 18:09:02+00:00

And how can you get better at it?

madeofpalk | karma 21444 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2021-01-13 12:09:39+00:00

It's a skill probably worth practicing.

fjp | karma 517 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2019-10-18 22:13:40+00:00

How the hell do people get to a skill level where they can do this stuff.

fossuser | karma 19729 | avg karma 4.46 · | 2020-01-23 23:29:30

The funny part about this one is that you can go from zero to really good with under two years of focused practice.

Most people don't do focused practice over time because when you're actually forcing yourself to learn and get better at the edge of your ability it's hard.

I think people get better in the beginning when they know nothing, but once they know a few things most people just plateau at the level where they can play the couple of things that they know without forcing themselves to get better.

Children mostly are forced to do it, with all the advantages and disadvantages of that process.

All this is to say in the majority of cases you can trivially catch up if you're interested in learning a new skill.

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purerandomness | karma 1518 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2020-06-10 07:23:35

Just as with everything else, you become better at it with more experience.

It's an acquired skill that can be learned, trained, coached, and shared.

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