I think this is true whenever we learn to interact with a system. When I was learning the saxophone I had real trouble getting one note to sound properly, and i

I think this is true whenever we learn to interact with a system. When I was learning the saxophone I had real trouble getting one note to sound properly, and it seemed to me that there was a leak on that pad. My teacher couldn't get my instrument to misbehave at all. He said there probably was something slightly wrong with that pad, but over the years he'd learned to play 'with' an instrument, adjusting for its particular behavior. The same goes for things like driving a temperamental car.