Who is the world's most boring person?

• The world's most boring person has been discovered.
• A team of researchers build a profile based on data collected from 500 people.
• "The most boring person is a data entry worker with a religious inclination, and watching TV as their favourite hobby," study says.

A team of researchers from the University of Essex has discovered the world’s most boring person, Lad Bible reported.

The researchers were curious about the science of boredom. They studied the qualities that make a person perceived as "boring." After gathering data from 500 people, they created a profile.

The results of the study showed that the "world's most boring person is a data entry worker who is religious, lives in a town, and has watching TV as their favourite hobby."

According to the results of the study, people working in the field of performing arts and science were perceived to be the most interesting whereas jobs like data analysis, banking, accounting, cleaning, or working in insurance or tax topped the list of boring jobs.

Hobbies that were considered boring included religion, watching animals, sleeping, and watching TV.

The study’s goal, however, was to get rid of the stereotypes of what people perceive as boring.

Dr Wijnand Van, who was leading the research, warned that being seen as boring can lead to self-harm, ‘addiction, and mental health issues.