Interesting perspective from a former psychology professor who left academia in even more frustration than I did. Here she writes about why humans are the way we are.
"As it turns out, 67 percent of men and 25 percent of women prefer to shock themselves rather than spend 15 minutes alone. That’s according to a 2014 study at the University of Virginia."
#wtf #humans
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/how-did-we-get-here-the-smoky-room-experiment-was-just-one-of-many-warnings/?ref=the-sentinel-intelligence-newsletter
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