I’m sure there are artists, scientists and engineers that don’t let everything else go to hell, and there are likely people in other professions or hobbies that focus on one thing and let everything else go to hell.
This is probably more of a general personality trait than something associated with those specific careers.
I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing certain stuff with attention (and studying it, unavoidably philosophizing about it, etc)
Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too. (So many of us are enmeshed in it after all, and depend on their facility in it for their profession. )
And yes, it’s a big deal. A very big deal. An elephant in the room.
Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.
Why those three?
I’m sure there are artists, scientists and engineers that don’t let everything else go to hell, and there are likely people in other professions or hobbies that focus on one thing and let everything else go to hell.
This is probably more of a general personality trait than something associated with those specific careers.
You could say that people with this personality trait are inclined to become artists, scientists and engineers.
And you could call this personality trait a magic trick.
Or, you could call it ADHD, and trust me, it is no magic trick.
I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing certain stuff with attention (and studying it, unavoidably philosophizing about it, etc)
Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too. (So many of us are enmeshed in it after all, and depend on their facility in it for their profession. )
And yes, it’s a big deal. A very big deal. An elephant in the room.
Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.