The concept that some type of performance, idea, behavior or technology is so difficult to understand that it could either be genuinely incredible, or simply useless.
i.e. According to my knowledge, John Myung (the bassist for Dream Theater) is very good at bass because i can't tell what he is playing.
Operation Iraqi Freedom was apparently a very strategic and valiant effort to do something somewhere, but it was all just a bass solo to me.
Since Joe had to scramble at the last minute to ready his 30 page thesis, he bass soloed his way through the presentation the next morning.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.