Assertion: boredom | /r/HasProperty | evolutionary cousin
Facets:
value: to their own descent into depression
type: CAUSE
value: to harmful social situations
type: CAUSE
value: to disgust
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: There has to be a reason for boredom and why people suffer it; one theory is that boredom is the evolutionary cousin to disgust.
text: So if disgust is a mechanism by which humans avoid harmful things, then boredom is an evolutionary response to harmful social situations or even their own descent into depression.