> In most daily lives, a huge amount of what we do is habit, and just plain following a pattern. When someone says "Good Morning", nobody is stopping and think

> In most daily lives, a huge amount of what we do is habit, and just plain following a pattern. When someone says "Good Morning", nobody is stopping and thinking "HMMM, let me think about what word to say in response, what do I want to convey here, hmmmm, let me think". And I believe we have the technology and advances we have because of this. Can you imagine if you had to devote actual brainpower to every inane thing you encountered in your day? You'd be completely exhausted within two hours of waking up. Every time my brain reflexively reacts to something based on past experience I'm thankful I didn't have to think about it. I can spend my finite energy on something interesting and novel.