This Is Why You Want To Kill People On Cell Phones

Here’s the explanation for your BURNING HATRED OF NEARBY PEOPLE YAMMERING ON THEIR STUPID PHONES.

“Scientists have discovered listening to only half of a conversation affects concentration far more than hearing both sides. A study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, concluded this is because our brains make more sense of a full conversation, so we can ignore it. But a part-heard conversation is less predictable, so the brain is distracted by it.”

This makes sense, but I don’t think it gives enough statistical weight to the ABSOLUTELY INANE TOPICS OF CONVERSATION PEOPLE ARE PERFECTLY WILLING TO GAB ON ABOUT IN PUBLIC PLACES. I would like to see a little more research into that, please.

Photo by Zoomar, from Flickr.