Quote of the day by Blaise Pascal: 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone' and the $100 billion industry built to keep you from doing it
- Blaise Pascal was a 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and theologian whose work transformed mathematics and scienceIn 2014, psychologists at the University of Virginia placed participants alone in a plain room for 15 minutes.
- They had no phones, pens, or reading materials.
- The only object in the room was a small device that delivered a mild electric shock when a button was pressed.
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- Blaise Pascal was a 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, philosopher, and theologian whose work transformed mathematics and scienceIn 2014, psychologists at the University of Virginia placed participants alone in a plain room for 15 minutes.
- They had no phones, pens, or reading materials.
- The only object in the room was a small device that delivered a mild electric shock when a button was pressed.
Sources: Times of India