Comment on Artists, scientists and engineers have a magic trick.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
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.
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
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.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Or, you could call it ADHD, and trust me, it is no magic trick.
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 2 days ago
I am sperg, which is arguably an uncommon shape of attention. And I meditate. Which is all about doing stuff with attention (and studying it, philosophizing about it, etc)
Which is an uncommon perspective, maybe. But surely other people study it too.
And yes, it’s a big deal. A very big deal. One of those proverbial elephants in the room.
DominatorX1@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our usual way of making sense of stuff.