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By silvertree
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They said there are four levels of learning:
Unconscious incompetence: You have no idea what you are doing and don't even realize it or how bad you are. This is where people start when learning something.
Conscious incompetence: You now understand how bad you are and are trying to correct it.
Conscious competence: You now get it and know what to do, but have to think about it while doing it.
Unconscious competence: You have completelty internalized the knowledge and don't even think about it as you do it.
Learning to drive a car is the most obvious example of these steps that people can relate to. Remember how stressful and unreal it was the first time you drove and how you slowly got to where you no longer think about it, but instead focus on where you are going and why, not thinking about operating the car at all.
My experiences with learning. Things I fail at and things I succeed with.
Success examples
Mario Kart DS.
Stage one I played it by myself and could beat the computer consistently coming in 1st place. Then there was a rank shown at the end of the cups that said I was ranked B. To me, this meant I sucked ass if I could only get a B rank against the computer. So I play and get A ranks in all the cups.
I go online and win nearly all of my matches and think I'm pretty damn good and then I see it. Someone with a Star as their rank, not a letter but a star. I assume it's got to be higher than an A. Not only was his rank higher but he was able to drive faster than me... which was puzzling. He wobbled side to side, not in a straight line, and somehow was moving about twice the speed I was moving at and the car I was using was the fastest in the game. His was the slowest. So... I knew I was bad and didn't know why and it was extremely frustrating.
I went online and found people bitching about "snaking". I learned it's a technique where you use the boost you get from drifting over and over on a straight away and it's fastest to drift left and right repeatedly than to drive straight and not get the boost from drifting. I know about the boost. You had to rock left and right really fast while you were drifting and you'd get a boost of speed when you left go of the drift button., this was designed for players to use when coming out of turns, which I generally did.
So now I know I'm bad and I'm practicing day in and day out drifting left and right on straight aways. I have to think about it while I'm doing it and focus on the button input. Eventually I no longer think about it I just do it, but I'm thinking about doing it wide or narrow. Narrow offers less boosts and less speed but can cram you into narrow places on the track that people who snake usually wouldn't snake at and wide offers more speed and boosts but takes up too much space at times. Eventually I can do it in any situation and no longer think about it.
In stead I'm thinking about shortcuts on the track and racing lines... eventually tracks are memorized and none of this is thought of again. Then I'm practicing techniques to avoid incoming attacks from different items [the tricky ones like blue turtle shells]... eventually this too is no longer thought of. I reset my online record [at the time it had maybe 30 losses]. My new record gets to 400 wins before I take a loss. By the time I've reached 2,000 wins I have 4 losses.
Soul Calibur.
Play as character without looking at their moveset
Read the moveset and study it till I don't have to think of it
Play as such
Learn combos and study them till I don't have to think
Play as such
Learn frame traps..
play
Learn frame rates on moves
Play
Learn match ups against other characters
Play against that character
Learn new character match ups
etc..
Eventually there isn't much thought going on about any of the above, it's just known. Difference between Soul Cal and Mario Kart is that one involves much much more detail in learning than the other really, so it takes much longer to internalize Soul Calibur. Even when you've internalized how to play as any one character and all his match-ups against other characters you're not a master at the game. To master it you'd have to do that over again with every character... all 30 something of them in whichever game you're playing.
Girls
It's different.
When it comes to Mario Kart, soccer, soul calibur, My job, etc. I don't feel emotionally distraught and upset when I fail. I also don't feel depressed about the like passages in relation to those things [cause other than maybe work none really exist]
"Farrell cites hundreds of examples to the contrary, such as male-only draft registration not benefiting men at the expense of women; or men constituting 93% of workplace deaths; or being expected to risk sexual rejection, pay on dates, and buy women diamonds. Once married, rules made by men are more likely to lead to men losing children and their home after divorce—what he cites as another example of male disposability. Farrell contends that nothing is more telling about who has benefited from "men's rules" than life expectancy and suicide rates—and men lose in both of these categories."
This is mentioning a guy talking about rules and laws that benefit women at the expense of men who suggested that there should be laws to benefit men at the expense of women... He goes on to cite various examples of how women essentially have it easy and are oppressing men. Even worse is that you're branded a misogynist or a whiny cry baby if you mention this sorta shit.
In Mario Kart, Soccer, Soul Calibur, work, etc. I'm not often excluded by some form of biased fucked up system that favors people who're not me while disfavoring me. So I'm a lot less likely to have a depressive psychological break down about shit.
women on the other hand... this is rough and kinda hard and I'm torn by my own idealism and desire for equality often.
One of the issues is that there are so many different ways to go about it and many of which I don't agree with at all. My least favorite idealism and method for attracting women is to dress like a clown, act like a clown, and have a clown fan club.
I realize the world I live is limits the potential I'll ever find what I actually want. Someone who cares about equality and isn't going to manipulate the rules and the way things are to her advantage like a scumbag. A lot of girls out there are horrible self centered scum buckets but I have hope eventually I may meet one who isn't. Meanwhile it's rather depressing the world is like this.
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