Their minds almost never shut up, except when they are asleep or heavily drunk, stoned, or having sex

Seriously not having a go in any way but I find myself in disagreement here once again. People often have noisy minds when asleep. As somone who has been 'stoned' on prescribed drugs that sent me psychotic at the time, I also think minds can be very awake when 'stoned' (I have had dreams under anaesthetic, for instance). As for sex... I think women's minds positively scream at them in certain situations ;-)

In all honesty though. I am not in any way criticising you. This is the whole human condition in that we all think and feel things so very differently. Many animals at rest - especially prey animals - are seldom not in a sense of heightened acuity. They may be still but I would wager their senses are very much on the alert to any change around them...

I suspect even Eve would have been alert when Adam was around her!

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