Interesting numbers

In 100 reasons why lists are stupid, Tom Harrison explains that the smallest interesting number is 4.  I presume he is only considering natural numbers.  But even there, I think he’s wrong.  1 is interesting since it is the smallest natural number.  2 is interesting since it is the only even prime.  3 is interesting because it is the smallest of the odd primes.

In my opinion, the more interesting question is which is the smallest natural number that is not interesting.

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