FWIW, I suspect people with considerable practice in any area get perceived as having advanced skills (or being enlightened), simply due to the "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" phenomenon; if someone doesn't feel like they could do that in their own life, they're more likely to perceive those who do feel like they can do it in their own life as in possession of additional skills -- even if the only difference is "lots of practice". And "lots of practice" is not the "easy way" answer that people want to hear, for it involves mistakes and time passing, and those are often perceived as difficult and problematic.
The "effortless" application of "basic skills" is pretty much the definition of mastering something (in the traditional apprenticeship sense).
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Date: 8/20/12 01:26 am (UTC)From:The "effortless" application of "basic skills" is pretty much the definition of mastering something (in the traditional apprenticeship sense).
Ewen