Comments on: Boredom and Other Helpful Time Wasters http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/05/boredom-and-other-helpful-time-wasters/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Maurice O'Sullivan Aherne http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/05/boredom-and-other-helpful-time-wasters/comment-page-1/#comment-6420 Maurice O'Sullivan Aherne Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:52:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6535#comment-6420 All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. -V.V. Rozanov People don't come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. -Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. -Gaston Bachelard They beat nightmares! Seriously, it's a little vacation for the intellect, often from a current reality which is not too engaging. The vacation is often prolonged with the addition of legal or illegal drugs (I can only presume) -ME Maurice O'Sullivan Aherne . All religions will pass, but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking in the distance. -V.V. Rozanov

People don’t come to church for preachments, of course, but to daydream about God. -Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. -Gaston Bachelard

They beat nightmares! Seriously, it’s a little vacation for the intellect, often from a current reality which is not too engaging. The vacation is often prolonged with the addition of legal or illegal drugs (I can only presume) -ME

Maurice O’Sullivan Aherne

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]]> By: Katie Kline http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/05/boredom-and-other-helpful-time-wasters/comment-page-1/#comment-4006 Katie Kline Fri, 13 May 2011 15:51:47 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6535#comment-4006 This is so true! People who have a chance to look out a window and daydream (and get some Vitmain D from sunlight) are happier, more productive workers. Plus, it seems like all animals engage in play--it must have some role in cognitive development. I personally find that letting your mind wander can lead to some unusual new blog posts or projects. This is so true! People who have a chance to look out a window and daydream (and get some Vitmain D from sunlight) are happier, more productive workers. Plus, it seems like all animals engage in play–it must have some role in cognitive development. I personally find that letting your mind wander can lead to some unusual new blog posts or projects.

]]> By: Roy L Murry http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2011/05/boredom-and-other-helpful-time-wasters/comment-page-1/#comment-3989 Roy L Murry Fri, 13 May 2011 02:59:25 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=6535#comment-3989 Life is shorter than most people think. Therefore, play time makes it longer and better to live. Life is shorter than most people think. Therefore, play time makes it longer and better to live.

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