I am wondering about the connection between the way people use
their senses and the way they think. It seems likely to me that
a person who uses their vision with more focused attention would
be a person who will likely have less nuanced or open minded
approach to their thoughts as well. Or, in positive terms, they
would be more goal oriented. They see something, they go for it.
You could also say this is a linear way of perceiving.
The more nuanced thinking would be like using the other senses.
These are senses of immersion. You are actually in the middle of
sounds when you are listening. The sounds can arrive anywhere and
you have no way of censoring them. Or in the case of vision, the
way of nuance would be like using the more wide area of visual
field that is not capable of focus but is very good at spotting
movement and better in night vision than the focused spot in the
center of the field.
The person of nuance is not chasing anything when they observe.
The person of focus is not looking for an alternative prey when
they hunt. These seem very different ways of being to me. You
could image this pair being very effective in tracking down
an animal and chasing it. But of course, you don't need equal
number of them in your tribe. There is not that much advantage
having several trackers but there is advantage in having several
runners.
What a difference it makes in modernity, though! I suppose it is
more painful being a person of immersion, since there is too
much to perceive. But a person of focus is almost guaranteed to
go astray with anything they chase as the prey is hardly ever
what it seems to be, and most often there is an invisible
predator hovering over the hunter.
