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That’s often true because higher skills include:
* better meta-cognition (noticing drift),
* better self-regulation tools,
* better shame tolerance,
* better framing,
* better environment selection,
* better repair habits.

But it’s not “skill alone,” as you said. Someone can have:
* excellent reasoning skill but poor sleep, trauma triggers, or chronic stress
* strong intellect but weak attachment security or high shame
* strong writing competence but fragile epistemic humility

So: correlation, not identity.