Useful" and "interesting."

2018-12-25

• We talked about “be useful” and “interesting.”
• Interesting” is subjective.
• Useful” entails objective evidence.
• No evidence of “usefulness” has yet been verbalized or discovered.
• Feelings of “no evidence, but it might be useful in the future.”
  • This is one kind of “interesting,” but not all.
• Some types of people are not at all interested in whether or not they’re useful.
  • Desire to know what is [unknown
  • It’s “interesting” to know
• When interviewing scientists, instead of asking, “What’s useful?” I mentioned that when interviewing scientists, it is better to ask “What’s interesting? would elicit more lively answers than “What’s useful?
  • What’s in it for you?” is interpreted as “Explain the Objective Reasons for doing it,” and the preconstructed reason is answered.
  • Actual behavior is generated by subjective motivation.
  • The question, “What is it that you do for fun?” The question “What’s interesting to you?” is asking about subjective reasons for behavior.

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