People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts
People Prefer Electric Shocks to Being Alone With Their Thoughts
A new study finds we're not very good at entertaining ourselves.
A new study finds we're not very good at entertaining ourselves. By Matthew Hutson
The Atlantic being a dick paywalled this article.
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Jeez, what is going on in y’all’s thoughts? I’d absolutely rather be alone with my thoughts than be electrically shocked.
I spend most of my time alone with my thoughts and I would prefer it to electric shocks.
I think Vsauce did an episode of Mindfield where Michael tests this. Basically have the person wait in a room with a button that shocks them (lightly) when pressed. Even when the person knows the button will shock them, they still press it in the majority of cases out of a combination of curiosity and boredom.
In the original study isnt there one outlier that shocked themselves like 200 times lmao
What about if you dream about shocking yourself all the time? I have jumper cables and battery chargers. I'm perfectly capable of licking things too.
Wtf? No.