I agree with the infinite-loop cut-off. I've usually expressed it as the answer to the infinite "...but why?" loop of an inquisitive 8-year-old. "But why?" "God. Now go mow the lawn." "Oh."
From a social perspective, it also frees up people to live and improve themselves, rather than being stuck thinking; hence, it's a useful fiction from the perspective of Folks What Need Stuff Done, usually the ruling overclass. Hence, opiate, masses, all that. The idleness of the upper class is what allows getting stuck back in these loops; hence, ennui and modern (post-Renaissance, mostly) angst. This is a literal interpretation of "idle (hand|mind)s are the devil's playground" -- those idle minds discover the reasoning you posit above, an anti-God argument: clearly work of the devil.
I find the Moore quote amusing, especially in light of, say, Promethea and her co-existence with her creators...
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From a social perspective, it also frees up people to live and improve themselves, rather than being stuck thinking; hence, it's a useful fiction from the perspective of Folks What Need Stuff Done, usually the ruling overclass. Hence, opiate, masses, all that. The idleness of the upper class is what allows getting stuck back in these loops; hence, ennui and modern (post-Renaissance, mostly) angst. This is a literal interpretation of "idle (hand|mind)s are the devil's playground" -- those idle minds discover the reasoning you posit above, an anti-God argument: clearly work of the devil.
I find the Moore quote amusing, especially in light of, say, Promethea and her co-existence with her creators...