eh

For any skill, no matter which, the more theory you know the more accelerated your learning rate will be. But it doesn’t inherently teach you a skill.

having knowledge =\= learned skill

having knowledge -> increased perception of mistakes/inaccuracies while learning -> more rapid rate of mistake/inaccuracy correction == accelerated learning rate

In a way you could say that theoretical knowledge is equivalent to having talent in terms of what effect it has.

Yup, the month has only begun but I’ve already bought a 2nd Order of the Phoenix to burn. Poetic, really.