Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Why does it feel good and why do people like to be near water?


I'm pretty interested in this question, and I think it's silly if people say 'well you need to drink water to survive' because it seems tome it must go a bit deeper than that. We all want to 'go to water' when it comes to holiday time and for many of us our ideal place to live would be 'by the water' or 'with a view of the water'. It's some kind of swarm-like, obsessive behaviour!

Some interesting suggestions here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081002174836AA86jFu

...but I find myself asking 'well why is it soothing and relaxing, why is it pretty to us, why do we feel calm when we are in it or on it', which leads on to all this stuff about where we come from (most of which is hard to follow, but still):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_Ape_Hypothesis

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