A Theoretically Interesting Opinion About Boredom

You may, depending on your boredom threshold, find this study to be of little interest:

“The bright side of boredom,” Andreas Elpidorou, Frontiers in Psychology, November 3, 2014. (Thanks to investigator Neil Martin for bringing this to our attention.) The author, at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, explains:

“I wish to suggest that one is prone to boredom not only if one possesses characteristics that make one susceptible to being bored, but also if one frequently experiences boredom…”

BONUS: Here is a portion of a document that has been displayed, and this is presumably of interest to, Andreas Elpidorou: