The daydream believer is extinct. New study by the University of Virginia has unveiled that we no longer have the capacity, as W H Davies put it, to stand and stare. When participants have been asked to stay in an empty area for 15 minutes and both do nothing at all or give themselves a mild electrical shock, several did the latter.
Yes that’s right: folks willingly stick their fingers in an electric socket rather than be left with their very own thoughts. Or at least guys did: two thirds gave themselves a shock, compared with a quarter of girls. A single guy gave himself 190 shocks, which, at one particular every four.7 seconds, suggests he shouldn’t be taking portion in a scientific experiment but be rapidly-tracked for treatment.
But why the gender divide? After an afternoon replicating the experiment at property, I can inform you. Fifteen minutes of solitude: no possibility. Every four.seven seconds there was a request to put on Frozen, fill the paddling pool, wipe a snotty nose, discover an vital toy, find my husband’s wallet… In retrospect, my only shock is that far more girls did not beg to remain longer in the experiment area.
Busy undertaking nothing? Fine by me
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