national-shitpost-registry:seraphimalune:curlicuecal: picsthatmakeyougohmm: hmmm Whenever someone po
national-shitpost-registry:seraphimalune:curlicuecal: picsthatmakeyougohmm: hmmm Whenever someone posits that people are ‘lazy’ I’m reminded of the fact that if you leave humans in a room with some blocks and no instructions they will literally make up their own tasks to carry out because humans just fuckin love having stuff to do and objectives to work towards In one of my psych courses we learned about a study where a person was left in a room with nothing but a box that would SHOCK THEM painfully if they touched it. After awhile, everyone touched the box and got shocked to hell and back. Now, this isn’t that abnormal. What’s abnormal is that everyone then sat there for a few minutes and then TOUCHED THE BOX AGAIN. And got shocked AGAIN! Moral of the story: People fucking hate being bored. They would rather be in IMMENSE PAIN than be bored. Maybe humans aren’t lazy maybe we’re being kept by neglectful caretakers in understimulating environments & enclosures lacking in enrichment -- source link