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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by homeonthemtn on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:10PM (#45741424)
This is the curve of mastery.

I think there's a saying that you learn decades of music so that you can forget it and just play - fairly similar things here

You learn things to the point of mastery. Mastery proves all the ways things won't work, leaving you with what will.

And often what will work are the fundamentals.

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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by deadfoxygrandpa on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:39PM (#45741620)
well, you don't "forget it" and play. you internalize it to the point you don't need to actively think about it but its still there influencing you
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Re:If you don't tinker, you don't have taste by stavros on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @09:31PM (#45741563)
No, it's the hedonic treadmill.
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