Thought originates in vectoral attention before hardening into scalar form.

Evidence

Attention is vector and potential.The gaze could be analysed as a vectoral property – which incidentally is true of any attention inasmuch as it is directional.It is also a direction of effort.Attention is the effort of prolongation, of continuity, in clarity.Thought is always formed in vectoral mode and then puts itself into scalar form. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 235

Categorization

• FICTION: “Attention as vector, thought as scalar” is a potent speculative-fiction seed: a psychology where attention is literally a directional force to be measured, hoarded, weaponized.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 235
• XREF: connects to: Attention is a vector, not a scalar, because it aims beyond itself — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 238; Thought itself operates as an epitomist that foreshortens events into abstractions. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity,…, 1022; Attention acts as a gate that admits pre-existing sensory information into consciousness — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the…, 393 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Attention is a vector, not a scalar, because it aims beyond itself #corroborates (0.90) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 238
• Thought itself operates as an epitomist that foreshortens events into abstractions. #corroborates (0.85) — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 1022
• Attention acts as a gate that admits pre-existing sensory information into consciousness #contradicts (0.80) — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 393
• Interlaced but decoupled attentions generate knowledge exceeding any member’s contribution #corroborates (0.75) — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 341