I like this a lot, both the videos as a demonstration and the articulation & examples of unique and idiosyncratic skills like this. Have noticed this more the last few years, and my impression is they’re remarkably common if you allow for very subtle ones.
I will say though that I’m a bit confused about “cup-stacking” as a metaphor (or name) only insofar as it seems like exactly the opposite of the thing you’re trying to point at, with respect to both:
“unconsciously/accidentally developed”
“can’t control when to use it / notice when one is using it”
Would also add that the compulsion to use the skills in certain ways may be separate from the skill! Unlocking the Emotional Brain suggests that what’s going on is the person has both a skill and a compulsion to use it in a particular way (in order to feel safe) and the compulsion may be miscalibrated to their current situation, and that it’s possible to recalibrate and ease off the compulsion while retaining the non-naivety that the skill (including the perceptiveness involved) grants.
Yeah, I agree the name is sort of bass-ackwards. The reason it stuck for me personally, and has oozed into my immediate social surroundings, is because of the immediate and visceral WOW of seeing the literal actual cup-stacking happening so quickly, and being like, oh, okay, okay, yeah, someone whose skill at X is like that. Okay. Whoa. Yeah. Wow.
i.e. it’s deeply evocative once you have the contextual experience.
I like this a lot, both the videos as a demonstration and the articulation & examples of unique and idiosyncratic skills like this. Have noticed this more the last few years, and my impression is they’re remarkably common if you allow for very subtle ones.
I will say though that I’m a bit confused about “cup-stacking” as a metaphor (or name) only insofar as it seems like exactly the opposite of the thing you’re trying to point at, with respect to both:
“unconsciously/accidentally developed”
“can’t control when to use it / notice when one is using it”
Would also add that the compulsion to use the skills in certain ways may be separate from the skill! Unlocking the Emotional Brain suggests that what’s going on is the person has both a skill and a compulsion to use it in a particular way (in order to feel safe) and the compulsion may be miscalibrated to their current situation, and that it’s possible to recalibrate and ease off the compulsion while retaining the non-naivety that the skill (including the perceptiveness involved) grants.
Yeah, I agree the name is sort of bass-ackwards. The reason it stuck for me personally, and has oozed into my immediate social surroundings, is because of the immediate and visceral WOW of seeing the literal actual cup-stacking happening so quickly, and being like, oh, okay, okay, yeah, someone whose skill at X is like that. Okay. Whoa. Yeah. Wow.
i.e. it’s deeply evocative once you have the contextual experience.