I'd be an example to support #2. I basically like to interact with few other things, as this gives me the ability to focus on each of them, so I can understand

I'd be an example to support #2. I basically like to interact with few other things, as this gives me the ability to focus on each of them, so I can understand and react to them better. If the other person is a human or a program, solving an interesting problem is kind of secondary in this case. (I didn't need to proof I'm weird, I know, but I did :P) Probably that is the reason why I'm bad at smalltalk, either, (by the current filters, which are getting worked on) too little information for too much communication.