Do you mean something like, “Whether or not we deem an observation to be ‘good’ depends on why we’re making observations, since ‘goodness’ only exists in relation to goals?”
Frankly, yes. I would be regarded as a very absent-minded person, for the usual reason of spending a lot of time thinking and pretty much oblivious to other things. I like my daily life structured by habit so brain is unencumbered by paying attention to the mundane. I dont claim this as a good thing, but it is the what I am. The meaning of “Observation” to me is strongly rooted in my training and something I “turn on” when required (or when it suits as when out tramping or exercising). I notice landscapes, I notice plants, I notice rocks as these are things that I have some training in seeing. I like people-watching but I would say that I am very much observing in relation to a goal.
Do you mean something like, “Whether or not we deem an observation to be ‘good’ depends on why we’re making observations, since ‘goodness’ only exists in relation to goals?”
Frankly, yes. I would be regarded as a very absent-minded person, for the usual reason of spending a lot of time thinking and pretty much oblivious to other things. I like my daily life structured by habit so brain is unencumbered by paying attention to the mundane. I dont claim this as a good thing, but it is the what I am. The meaning of “Observation” to me is strongly rooted in my training and something I “turn on” when required (or when it suits as when out tramping or exercising). I notice landscapes, I notice plants, I notice rocks as these are things that I have some training in seeing. I like people-watching but I would say that I am very much observing in relation to a goal.