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Comment author: khafra 13 October 2010 10:57:41AM *  1 point [-]

Is the nonconscious, adroit performance of well-practiced behavior which is often referred to by ahtletes as "flow" identical to "state," a component of "state," or completely unrelated?

Comment author: pjeby 13 October 2010 01:54:05PM 4 points [-]

Is the nonconscious, adroit performance of well-practiced behavior which is often referred to by ahtletes as "flow" identical to "state," a component of "state," or completely unrelated?

Well, the ways that PUAs "pump state" and the athletes "psych up" certainly have some things in common. Chest bumping, high-fiving, rhythmic group chants and exhalations, or strutting and other displays of confidence, status, or masculine attributes.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 13 October 2010 09:21:50PM 0 points [-]

"Flow" is certainly a much more general term, no?

Comment author: HughRistik 14 October 2010 03:25:12AM 2 points [-]

PUA state involves flow, but also other things.