Study Suggests Eye Contact May, In Fact, Be A Form Of Violence
Researchers urge the public to consider 'looking near, but not at, one another.'
A working paper out of an unnamed institute argues that direct eye contact may constitute an aggressive transfer of psychic energy, particularly in workplace settings where one party owns more office chairs than the other.
The paper recommends a transitional period during which participants in conversation are encouraged to look at one another's shoulders, hairlines, or the empty space just to the left.
Critics have pointed out that the study contains no methodology, no participants, and no data. Researchers responded that demanding methodology is itself a form of violence.
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