When people are bored, they have an increase in "associative thought" the process of making new connections between ideas, which is linked to innovative thinking.

当人们感到无聊时，他们的“联想思维”会有所增加，即在想法之间建立新的联系的过程，这与创新思维有关。

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When most of your Facebook friends talk about how bored they are that school hasn't started, it's pretty much guaranteed you're not missing much.

当你的大部分的Facebook好友谈及他们是多么无聊，因为学校生活还未开始时，可以保证的是你没有失去太多。

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Maybe that is why many people eat when they are watching TV or feeling bored.

也许这是为什么人们在看电视或感觉疲倦时吃东西的缘故。

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But the skills they have honed there are often different from the skills required for classical espionage and many are frankly bored when they return to more routine work where Kevlar and a personal weapon are not required equipment.

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