Laypeople know as much about attention as scientists do

Evidence

Let’s review some examples. Not because we are anti-science. But because we feel that it is genuinely important for you, a reader of this book, and for all the people who care about Attention Activism, to put aside (now and again) that well-meaning reflex to defer to anyone who identifies as a scientist. Be polite to them! They are great, and we need them in lots of ways! But where attention is concerned, you know every bit as much about the subject as they do. Because human attention is yours. Take it seriously yourself, and let’s turn to the work of figuring out for ourselves what it is, and what we can do with it. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 144

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the democratic/decentralized epistemology themes in the reader’s anti-institutional materials; contrasts with the defer-to-experts default. — connects to: Laboratory psychology definitions shaped how everyone conceives attention today. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 123