> When you look at journalists who can't do that without centering the conversation back on themselves or using confrontation, it's pretty clear that competence

> When you look at journalists who can't do that without centering the conversation back on themselves or using confrontation, it's pretty clear that competence in a physical discipline makes the difference. It’s not clear to me at all, to be honest. > Personally, I respect […] experiment over theory Yet your theory above on how competence in a physical discipline confers ability to conduct interviews for longer periods without becoming neurotic seems entirely unsubstantiated by experiment. Are you aware of any studies that back it?