tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8222932829492730382..comments2024-03-29T01:07:30.224-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Horror of BoredomStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-87279520456462096482021-07-20T08:37:28.059-07:002021-07-20T08:37:28.059-07:00Solitary confinement would drive me crazy, but TEN...Solitary confinement would drive me crazy, but TEN MINUTES?!?!<br /><br />I've stood in formation for many multiples of that length of time.<br /><br />I think this is yet another selection bias problem: Try the same experiment on people who are NOT your students.markedup2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47424310275044935822021-07-19T13:43:41.903-07:002021-07-19T13:43:41.903-07:00No need to torture ferrets, all they had to do was...No need to torture ferrets, all they had to do was read their Dostoevsky:<br /><br /><i>"Of course boredom may lead you to anything. It is boredom sets one sticking golden pins into people, but all that would not matter. What is bad (this is my comment again) is that I dare say people will be thankful for the gold pins then.</i><br /><br /> -- Fyodor Dostoevsky, <i>Notes from the Underground</i>, 1864JPL17https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649330420822802850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48691572517179484532021-07-19T08:51:29.306-07:002021-07-19T08:51:29.306-07:00I may be in my basement, not underground, but I ha...I may be in my basement, not underground, but I have the window covered up as it faces east. I have the internet and lots of books close at hand.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-88002597695287420392021-07-19T06:07:03.230-07:002021-07-19T06:07:03.230-07:00Well I'm just so glad they tortured ferrets to...Well I'm just so glad they tortured ferrets to find that out. It takes a rare person to be alone with his thoughts and knowledge but a high IQ person with a trained, nimble mind can do it to great rewards. But again. that's a rare person. Most of us are not that special. Yet despite my averageness, I still know that without torturing any small animals.whitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339343160301118530noreply@blogger.com