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ultra-musketeer  ·  4352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Work, Knowledge, and Emotion

I don't think so. We're constantly receiving sensations towards which we are inattentive. This is particularly true for emotions. People don't always recognise their own feelings and inducements; very often, the thoughts and ideas that are conspicuous within our minds, are pervaded by a sort of undercurrent of feelings of which we are scarcely aware.

You could imagine it like being in the presence of conversation that you aren't appropriately listening to. You're probably perceptive of same vague feeling that corresponds to sound, but besides that, you can't determine what the speakers are discussing. You're experiencing something that you're ignorant of.

So, no, experience is far removed from concern.