It's definitely a mix of both, though even he's not one to harp on something when it's clearly been proven false.
"Well, there's the difference. A difference, anyway." Alright so maybe he's not completely letting it go. It hasn't completely been proven false yet. "We don't get ours from eating anything, we're just born with it. Technically everyone is, to an extent, but most of them can't manage more than a parlor trick or two, at most. The real power is innate." Aside from that, though—
"You do have to learn how to use it properly, how to use it at all, and the more you know about how the world works, the easier things get. Someone trying to heal a wound does much better if they work with the body's natural healing instead of without it. That requires some foreknowledge." So he's not saying it's the same thing, but he's basically saying it's practically the same thing.
"Of course I'll admit it's more intuitive than not. That's what makes it nearly impossible to teach; everyone's experience with it is completely different. All you can really be taught are generalizations, and the rest you have to figure out yourself."
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"Well, there's the difference. A difference, anyway." Alright so maybe he's not completely letting it go. It hasn't completely been proven false yet. "We don't get ours from eating anything, we're just born with it. Technically everyone is, to an extent, but most of them can't manage more than a parlor trick or two, at most. The real power is innate." Aside from that, though—
"You do have to learn how to use it properly, how to use it at all, and the more you know about how the world works, the easier things get. Someone trying to heal a wound does much better if they work with the body's natural healing instead of without it. That requires some foreknowledge." So he's not saying it's the same thing, but he's basically saying it's practically the same thing.
"Of course I'll admit it's more intuitive than not. That's what makes it nearly impossible to teach; everyone's experience with it is completely different. All you can really be taught are generalizations, and the rest you have to figure out yourself."