> ... this mind-wandering "movement" has, as far I can tell, a couple of web articles written about it and very few people intentionally practicing it. Every s

> ... this mind-wandering "movement" has, as far I can tell, a couple of web articles written about it and very few people intentionally practicing it. Every scientific theory, every invention throughout history, resulted from people "mind-wandering", imagining a reality other than the one in front of them. Mindfulness is not the only legitimate mental activity, in fact it's a fad with a name and some slogans surrounding one of many equally legitimate mental states. There's nothing wrong with it, unless people start thinking of it as the only legitimate mental activity, a human failing with a long sad history.