Expertise in any domain involves the automation of basic skills, freeing attention for higher-level aspects of performance.
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
"To understand perception, study its role in adaptation."