Walk a mile in *these* shoes.
(Picture from this Flickr page.)
So what’s life like if you’re stuck on the low side of the bell curve?
According to Wray Herbert and this post, it’s different:
As reported in the July issue of the journal Psychological Science, the dull-witted report drifiting not when they are bored, but rather when their minds are overtaxed by some unusually challenging task. It’s like they don’t have the mental resources to stay on task, so they stop striving. Their minds are escaping more than wandering.
Read it. It’s fascinating. The blog is chock full or more tidbits too, so check it out.
