Irrelevance

"We are remarkably adept at distinguishing the relevant from the irrelevant information in the environment. Even so, sometimes the noise overwhelms the signal and you get distracted." A verbatim quote from my first year psychology class.

But what happens if there's something screwing with that distinguishing part. What if you keep getting taken over by the irrelevant information?

Is Henry irrelevant? Not to me. Is the noise sometimes overwhelming? Yes.

William James was a psychologist. He talked about the ability to withdraw from some things in order to deal effectively with others. What if some things will never let you withdraw?

Of course, these theories are based on a rational world. Too bad for those of us in the irrational world.