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omarhaneef
on Jan 12, 2022
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People behave more sadistically when they’re bored
You can see this effect on school playgrounds and twitter.
awb
on Jan 12, 2022
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And in rat utopias:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Park
the-dude
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Rather we have a shortage of bored scientists :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis
0_____0
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Cool theory with outsized cultural influence, but one would be remiss to not mention that the results of that study are on shaky ground and were not replicated.
coolso
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Speaking of which, what can we do to bring up the mean IQ of Twitter to the level of school playgrounds?
JanisL
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Give a higher maximum character limit
wizzwizz4
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Give them access to toys. Imagine if Twitter users had skipping ropes!
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