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It could be both at the same time.

One can be a master in certain art, yet can't explain what's going on.

Think cooking: Many chef "searing steaks" to "keep juice in". It don't keep juice in, but it taste good.

Think language: Most native speaker can form grammatically correct sentence, but they can't really explain how. Yet many linguists, knowing how some languages work, keep bullshitting about another language.



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