Kortfattat, part V
11/oktober/2007 20:35
Ny drabble. Lite flummig.
All
That Could Have Been
The opportunity was long gone, but when
she thought about it she still felt the
barely discernible remnants of regret.
She wondered if the sensation of regret
had some kind of evolutionary purpose.
Maybe the brain needed a continuous
stream of negative emotions for it to
rewire itself into doing things
differently. Perhaps the Neanderthals
were rendered obsolete because they
were lacking the ability to regret, she
thought to herself.
Is regret over something you didn't do
the same kind of regret as regret over
something you did do? She wasn't sure,
but she decided to find out next time.