The daydream believer is extinct. New research by the University of Virginia has revealed that we no longer have the capability, as W H Davies put it, to stand and stare. When participants have been asked to keep in an empty space for 15 minutes and both do absolutely nothing or give themselves a mild electrical shock, many did the latter.
Yes that is proper: people willingly stick their fingers in an electrical socket rather than be left with their personal thoughts. Or at least males did: two thirds gave themselves a shock, in contrast with a quarter of females. One man gave himself 190 shocks, which, at one particular every single 4.7 seconds, suggests he shouldn’t be taking portion in a scientific experiment but be quick-tracked for treatment.
But why the gender divide? Following an afternoon replicating the experiment at residence, I can inform you. Fifteen minutes of solitude: no likelihood. Each and every four.7 seconds there was a request to put on Frozen, fill the paddling pool, wipe a snotty nose, discover an important toy, find my husband’s wallet… In retrospect, my only shock is that much more girls didn’t beg to keep longer in the experiment room.
Hectic doing nothing? Fine by me
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