Commonsense thinking instincts

Consider this sentence - A gave a ball to B. Commonsense says that – now the ball is no longer with A. This is not explicitly stated in the sentence but something that occurs to you. How? You compare two states – A having given the ball to B (which the sentence makes you understand), with an earlier state – A about to give the ball i.e. A having the ball. Why were you inspired to or happen to compare the 2 states? Because you noticed a change in the image of A’s hands – ‘no ball after giving’ and ‘previously having the ball’. How did you notice the change in the image of A’s hands? You saw A’s hands (without a ball) and were REMINDED of a SIMILAR (with a little difference) image of A’s hands having the ball earlier. And why did you notice the change in the image of A’s hands? Well that’s one of the instincts of thinking – noticing changes in things, if and when they occur. Suppose you see a painting on a wall. Then you turn around and after some time turn back to see that the painting is not there, you may/will instinctively remark – where’s the painting gone? You were responsive to or were sensitive in catching a change. Now the only question which remains is – why did you notice A’s hands when the story of the scene is moving towards the ball being with B? Well, you just “looked around”, which is again an instinct of thinking. You would not be able to justify this with a solid reason (as to why did you, after following the ball to B’s hands, looked BACK). If you see some event happening somewhere on the street (say an accident or a crash) you will for some moments also ‘look around’ the car; whereas here there is an even stronger motivation to look around because you are having a look at an earlier-mentioned part of the whole story. If you see a movie changing focus from X to Y over some time, it is very likely that it would occur to you – What happened to X then? This example highlights some of the traits of commonsense thinking – noticing changes, comparing current and previous states of something, being reminded of something similar from something, and lastly going back to a previous state in the first place – all for no apparent preconceived reason, but just on instinct.