Aloka wrote:I don't drive a car, - and I don't drift off when I'm actively engaged in something which requires concentration on a task.
More power to you then!
Most of us drive a car, operate tools and machinery that require quick responses, are into some sport that requires quick responses etc.
My example was briefly thinking about butterflies, while sitting on a passenger seat on a moving bus driven by a bus -driver.(and still being aware of when I have to get off it)
I guess once you, too, make the experience that it is possible to miss one's bus stop while being engaged in daydreaming, maybe you'll change your mind.
I tells you, it is possible. It starts off little by little, slowly. Not worth mentioning at first, seeming completely harmless. But if left unchecked, it grows into full-blown ignorance of one's surroundings.
If nothing else, a moment of inattentiveness can make the difference between walking safely, and stumbling, falling, and injuring oneself.