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Yesterday I was looking through the news aggregator section of the forum area and I stumbled upon a very interesting article entitled "Lotto Makes Sense, Even For Losers". The author of this article presents evidence about why playing the Lotto is the most popular form of gambling, even though it has the worst odds. It was stated that this is due to the fact that the lotto causes people to fantasize about what they could do with a huge amount of money. Not only do they fantasize, but they also feel that their fantasies could come true because of the numbers they choose and they physical piece of paper they are able to hold. The author also states that evidence has been found that when a person is fantasizing about winning, the same neurons are activated in the brain that are activated when the person actually does win. I wonder if this happens with other types of fantasies as well. If so, I believe that this would help explain why day dreaming is so appealing to people. Every one day dreams, every one fantasizes...could this be the reason why? Are we fantasizing because it makes us feel the same way as if the thing actually happened? I don't have an answer for those questions right now, but I think it is very interesting to think about.