Boredom

The less intelligent you are, the more bored you are

User Image razib | December 29, 2009
The Audacious Epigone has an interesting post up, Burden of boredom borne by blockheads: This isn't just me speaking from personal experience--the data confirm it. The GSS asked respondents in 1982 and again in 2004 how often they have time on their hands that they don't know what to do with. Using the familiar categorization method employed here before*, the following table shows the percentage of each group's members who reported to "almost never" be without something worthwhile to do in their free time: He presented his data in tabular format. I decided to use the variables he kindly…