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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 1 day ago

But like... You can just trigger your reaction yourself. It's like when you sit there trying to learn to wiggle your ears or shake your eyes... You just have to try flexing muscles you don't have in the right area until you get it right

I guess I've never really talked to anyone about it, but you can program your own reactions. Then you can tell your body to do it - not move, but tell your body to do the sequence.

I have an airsoft gun I use to practice it sometimes even, holding it at my side I tell my body to pick one of a few cans, snap it up and fire. I look down the sights, but not consciously - i get a flash frame of the view down the sights, but I've already heard the hit before i can process it

It's like when a martial artist breaks a board - they line it up and run through the motion, but sometimes they pause for whatever amount of time... You don't move your arm, you execute a punch, and not even you know exactly when you're going to move