Millions of items in the outward order are present to my senses which never properly enter into my experience. Why? Because they have no interest for me. My experience is what I agree to attend to. Only those items which I notice shape my mind --without selective interest, experience is an utter chaos.
William JamesI am well aware how odd it must seem to some of you to hear me say that an idea is true so long as to believe it is profitable to our lives
William James