"What is striking," the investigators write, "is that simply being alone with their own thoughts for 15 minutes was...

Steven 🌞 Snedkers billede
Af Steven 🌞 Snedker den 5. juli 2014 - 8:13 [2]

"What is striking," the investigators write, "is that simply being alone with their own thoughts for 15 minutes was apparently so aversive that it drove many participants to self-administer an electric shock that they had earlier said they would pay to avoid."

Det er godt (og gammelt) nyt til tv-branchen. Folk vil hellere se lorte-tv end ikke tv.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-07/04/electric-shock-therapy-better-than-thinking ⟲

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Men would rather receive an electric shock than think
When asked to sit alone in a room, with nothing but a button that administers an electric shock, men will choose to take that shock more often than not

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Steven Snedkers billede

Af Steven Snedker den 5. juli 2014 - 8:15

Man kunne, teoretisk set, meditere på vestlig manér: "Therefore, rather than wanting simply to empty our minds of content, practitioners of Philosophical Meditation encourage us to clean these minds up: they want to bring the content that troubles us more securely into focus, and thereby usher in calm through understanding rather than through evacuation."

http://www.philosophersmail.com/virtues/why-you-should-clean-up-not-empty-your-mind/ ⟲

Troels Behrendt Jørgensen s billede

Af Troe... den 7. juli 2014 - 12:26

Vi tillader os at dedikere en hel sommerserie til den onde, onde ventetid http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/2014-06-30/n%C3%A5r-ventetid-bliver-som-en-f%C3%A6ngselsmur ⟲

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Ja, dette er et dumt spørgsmål med et nemt svar, men det er der kun fordi spam-robotter er for dumme til at besvare den slags, mens mennesker ikke er.
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