Madfish writes:
I think an eternal existence would get boring after a few thousand years, regardless of how good that existence was. It certainly doesn't help if it's a terrible existence.
I doubt that eternal torment - think of traditional Hell - could ever be called 'boring' in any meaningful sense of the word. I've tried to imagine the Devil coming over to me and saying, "Hello again. It's time for your 10
42nd excruciatingly painful roast", and me, yawning, "Really? Oh well, if you must..."
As storylines go, somehow this one doesn't work for me. For the same reason, eternal bliss can never be boring either, by definition. Nerve-racking maybe, but not boring.
Now, 'oblivion' sounds quite peaceful actually. I'm in.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." - Charles Darwin.
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