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Thoughts About Thinking

I have noticed over a period of time that when I am enduring an extensive road trip or am alone. Sometimes the "zoning out" effect takes over. Sometimes it is a blessing as it helps pass time, but realization has struck that in that brief(long) period of time not a single conscience thought has taken form.
Now my question is your opinion on what occurs psychologically during this. Is it natural for humans to go "braindead" as such. And is it viable to create thought processes when you catch yourself, to counteract it?
  • We're just part of a human!
    I think that the part of our brain that gives us consious thought evolved from the need to reconize and respond to danger and also to find food. Just like girafs and their necks (The ones with the longer neck were more succesful at reaching leaves on the higher parts of trees, and therefore more succesful at surviving, thus making them more likely to pass down their genetic information; over time, resulting with the modern day girafe). Our ancestors depended on being smart to survive, so over the many millions of years of evelution mammalian brains became more and more complex. Now we are consious of the fact that we exist as a part of this univers and aware of the fact that we're aware of that fact. So if that means the brain is just another organ developed over time to help with our survival. So in conclusion, it is my belief after many hours meditating... and smoking that zoning out is the equivalent to not moving your legs when you don't need them.
    Voted for by Muddy Wormwood.
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  • It is a blessing
    This "zoning out" as you call it is most likely a aimless
    form of day dreaming. It is a blessing in the sense that
    there no major problems or crisis at this point in your
    life. If there were you would be dwelling obsessively about possible solutions or worst yet...revenge.
    Voted for by cadmelicser.
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