[extropy-chat] Draft Paper on Boredom and Superlongevity

[MB]

Charlie wrote:

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> On 20 Jun 2006, at 15:40, MB wrote:
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>> In my experience some people simply *are* bored. They don't do
>> anything.
>> They do not or cannot or will not even amuse themselves.

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> Let's go one step further:
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> Is boredom a neurological illness, like endogenous depression?
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I don't know. I've wondered about that also. But somehow the people I've
met who are like that don't seem to be what I consider depressed. They
simply don't seem motivated to *do* anything, nor do they seem to find
things interesting. Mostly they watch inordinate amounts of TV.

> That's an honest question -- I don't know the answer. Bear in mind
> the possibility that there may be multiple types of boredom --
> boredom due to lack of stimulus/opportunity for exploration, and
> boredom of endogenous nature, spring to mind as possibilities. Then
> again, is the emergence of boredom as a pathological condition
> something that can be accounted for via sociobiology?
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