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Nearly 70% of men chose to shock themselves instead of being bored for 15 minutes (startrek.website)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They did know how painful it was beforehand, and 100% of participants said they would pay to not be shocked again. Notably, it was a very small sample size for the shock study, 18 men and 24 women, but similar "sit there and do nothing" studies were done across all age groups (18-77)

Source: https://news.virginia.edu/content/doing-something-better-doing-nothing-most-people-study-shows

[–] WetAndFlummoxed 9 points 1 year ago

If someone asked me if I'd pay not to be shocked I'd say no under the assumption of I didn't it'd become some billionaires new business idea.