We let the NTs use that term because the real answer would terrify them. It’s all pattern recognition. I’m not “good” at any particular skill but the world is transparent to me. If I understand how something works I can recreate its function.
To them it looks like this is happening in real time. To me, the constantly spinning wheels in my mind grab traction for a fraction of a second giving the illusion of progress.
I’ve got good fine motor control, which means that I can sew, knit, roll a joint, braid hair, make a pastry, seal a dumpling, fold origami, draw, sculpt, paint nails, pick a lock, and most other fine dexterity tasks, excluding musical instruments.
This sounds like bragging, but I didn’t do anything to earn the ability to do this, I literally just do it and it works. I’m not proud of it (though I’m occasionally proud of the things I can craft) and I don’t think anyone else is unskilled because it doesn’t work when they do it.
We let the NTs use that term because the real answer would terrify them. It’s all pattern recognition. I’m not “good” at any particular skill but the world is transparent to me. If I understand how something works I can recreate its function.
To them it looks like this is happening in real time. To me, the constantly spinning wheels in my mind grab traction for a fraction of a second giving the illusion of progress.
I’ve got good fine motor control, which means that I can sew, knit, roll a joint, braid hair, make a pastry, seal a dumpling, fold origami, draw, sculpt, paint nails, pick a lock, and most other fine dexterity tasks, excluding musical instruments.
This sounds like bragging, but I didn’t do anything to earn the ability to do this, I literally just do it and it works. I’m not proud of it (though I’m occasionally proud of the things I can craft) and I don’t think anyone else is unskilled because it doesn’t work when they do it.