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Re:Ask HN: is the number of interesting (mathematical) conce... by gukjoon on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @05:22PM (#287524)
Which infinity?
Re:Ask HN: is the number of interesting (mathematical) conce... by Tichy on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @05:28PM (#287528)
Any infinity (countable is the "smallest" infinity, I think?). I was inspired to this question by reading "down and out in the magic kingdom", where people live forever , but occasionally get bored and commit suicide. So I wonder if in theory, there would be enough new stuff to discover to make it interesting to live forver.
Re:Ask HN: is the number of interesting (mathematical) conce... by stcredzero on Tuesday August 26, 2008 @10:48PM (#287704)
In one of Larry Niven's novels, an AI who was a recording of a human mind discovered this trick on a long interstellar flight:

When things get really boring, arrange to have all references to the concept of "boredom" wiped from your memory. Then, when things get boring the next time, it's a novel experience!