From reading the title, you would think that the article was going to speculate about cause, but it seems to completely ignore it and just beg the question. Does being neurotic give you a wandering mind?<p>There&#x27;s little or no experimental evidence that &quot;thought&quot; causes anything: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Epiphenomenalism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Epiphenomenalism</a><p>edit: Wikipedia is scary specific <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Problem_of_mental_causation" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Problem_of_mental_causation</a> :)