People who can play Mario Kart thousands of times and have a lot of fun. People who must play the new final fantasy.
Do you really play Mario Kart thousands of times because you love repeating the same thing? Or do you love it because you have a finer eye for small detail than the new FF player, and so are noticing new novelty each time you play? I know I can watch “King Kong” or “Halloween” over and over again partly because I notice something new each time I watch those films.
That being said, I think a proper fun theory would probably have some sort of error bars around the level of boredom that is acceptable. In other words a creature that gets bored x% less easily than the median human is might still be a worthwhile creature, but creating a creature x+1% less easily bored would be bad (unless such a creature is instrumentally useful, obviously).
I know I can watch “King Kong” or “Halloween” over and over again partly because I notice something new each time I watch those films.
If we’re defining “novelty” such that it encompasses literally watching the same movie over and over again, then maybe it’s time to step back and consider whether we need a new word, since we’re moving so far away from the intuitive definition of “novelty”.
Do you really play Mario Kart thousands of times because you love repeating the same thing? Or do you love it because you have a finer eye for small detail than the new FF player, and so are noticing new novelty each time you play? I know I can watch “King Kong” or “Halloween” over and over again partly because I notice something new each time I watch those films.
That being said, I think a proper fun theory would probably have some sort of error bars around the level of boredom that is acceptable. In other words a creature that gets bored x% less easily than the median human is might still be a worthwhile creature, but creating a creature x+1% less easily bored would be bad (unless such a creature is instrumentally useful, obviously).
If we’re defining “novelty” such that it encompasses literally watching the same movie over and over again, then maybe it’s time to step back and consider whether we need a new word, since we’re moving so far away from the intuitive definition of “novelty”.