I drive a lot, and sometimes I just “scare” back into reality and I realize I wasn’t even paying attention the last few seconds, and it feels weird. Why and how does this happen?
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When you’re doing something you have done countless times before, the neural pathways involved have become so engrained that they fire correctly without conscious effort. The conscious mind is easily bored, we did not evolve to do something as monotonous as driving for hours on end. The human mind craves constant stimulation, and when it can’t get it it will invent it via day dreaming.
I drive a lot, and sometimes I just “scare” back into reality and I realize I wasn’t even paying attention the last few seconds, and it feels weird. Why and how does this happen?
In: 2885
When you’re doing something you have done countless times before, the neural pathways involved have become so engrained that they fire correctly without conscious effort. The conscious mind is easily bored, we did not evolve to do something as monotonous as driving for hours on end. The human mind craves constant stimulation, and when it can’t get it it will invent it via day dreaming.
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