That's Third Thoughts for you. When a huge rock is going to land on your head, they're the thoughts that think: Is that an igneous rock, such as granite, or is it sandstone?
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(n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.", Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]
One must be careful not to take refuge in any delusion.