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Originally Posted by Yeodan
Your subconscious mind gathers info that is just outside of your consciousness.
So you might be "noticing" or being drawn to something that you're not aware of.
With proper training, you can become aware of these things.
In "The art of learning" by Josh Waitzkin he describes this process perfectly.
He's training for the world championship of Taiji Push Hands with an experienced partner.
They know all the tiny tells of each other, acting on those to gain tiny advantages. Often without actually consciously knowing what they're acting/reacting on.
Every time this happens they explorer what happened and learn to notice new tells and how to counter them.
Finished the book and found it to be a good read, though an unusual recommendation to come from a poker site. I can see several applications to anyone that competes at anything, though the application to poker will be a bit challenging.
In particular, Josh uses a video camera in his training. That would be difficult in a poker game.
Still, I enjoyed it and will reread it. While the practical information is buried deep in the story, it seems to have the most impact as part of the story. I think I mostly understand why he did it that way. He felt, probably correctly, that the training needs to be in context, with examples to be properly understood.
Thanks,
Jay
PS. For everyone else thinking about the book, while reading it is a good idea, it's about playing chess and the martial arts side of Tai Chi, not poker.
I would, however, recommend it to Mason.