[Buddha-l] mind wandering

[Federico Andino]

Did you read Susan Blackmore´s The Meme machine?
It has a theory for the big brain anomaly.

Best regards

F

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 4:07 PM, JKirkpatrick <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

> Fritz,
>
> If you're in the jungle or among the many predators of the period
> when humans first began walking around and trying to feed
> themselves, you had to be alert to everything which means you
> could not focus on any one thing--eyes in back of head mode.
>
> Joanna
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Sheesh, thanks for distracting me from what I was doing!
>
> But seriously, this is one of those findings that makes we wonder
> about our evolutionary adaptedness. What could be the benefit of
> this mind wandering? There has got to be some powerful advantage
> to something we engage in for almost half of our waking lives.
> Right?
>
> Franz
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