Signal

Recast the thing as information arriving through a noisy channel, so you ask what is transmitting, how loud the noise is, how many samples you need before believing a reading, and what counts as detection versus static.

Recast the thing as information arriving through a noisy channel, so you ask what is transmitting, how loud the noise is, how many samples you need before believing a reading, and what counts as detection versus static.

Example

Purpose stops being an object to find and becomes a weekly reading. Log energy after each work block for eight weeks. One great Tuesday is noise; three months where teaching sessions score 9 and reporting scores 3 is signal worth acting on.