People would rather be electrically shocked than left alone with their thoughts | Science | AAAS
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/07/people-would-rather-be-electrically-shocked-left-alone-their-thoughts
A note from an independent researcher quoted in the piece: “When people are spending time inside their heads, they're markedly less happy.”
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@FailForward It might be because they're so damned bored out of their skull?
@trinsec Are you?
As for myself, I can't really tell - I am in inertial observer of my own mind.