>Even if you spent the entire day sitting in front of a blank wall, there are literally endless things you could think about and explore. You could think about the things in your immediate environment, how they work, how they came to be, how you could improve on them. You could run any number of thought experiments like if we made contact with an alien civilization how would we come to understand each other?
I spent 9 days in the hospital a few years ago, mostly unable to move. The boredom was absolutely crippling. I consider myself a fairly scintillating person who enjoys time by himself, but I couldn't go more than a couple hours staring out my window without needing the warm sedation of daytime TV. There are only so many alien civilization thought experiments one can run without needing some external stimuli!
I spent 9 days in the hospital a few years ago, mostly unable to move. The boredom was absolutely crippling. I consider myself a fairly scintillating person who enjoys time by himself, but I couldn't go more than a couple hours staring out my window without needing the warm sedation of daytime TV. There are only so many alien civilization thought experiments one can run without needing some external stimuli!