Star Wars
The therapist diagnoses you based on how you enter her office.
Just by the grip of the opponent, a wrestler knows he will win the match.
The woman automatically moves the glass further away from the edge of the table.
I double-check: "Excuse me, are you the baby's mother?"
She smiles and says, "Yes, but how did you know?"
What unites them? Implicit knowledge, as Michael Polanyi would say.
The English philosopher of science believed that we believe more than we can prove and know more than we can express in words.
Unlike explicit knowledge, implicit knowledge is difficult to convey to others.
The expert gets annoyed: "Leave me alone. I just know it."
How can you accumulate implicit knowledge? Only through direct experience.
Learning accelerates when the Padawan practices together with the Jedi.
That's why trust, frequent interaction, and a special context are important.
This is the secret of success in Silicon Valley, special forces, and Venetian glassblowers.
Don't be disheartened by the scarcity of implicit knowledge enthusiasts.
It's not a flaw but, on the contrary, your advantage over others.
Society has simply forgotten that everything explicit was originally implicit.
Yours sincerely,
-Alexander
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