Damus
Scoundrel · 2d
First of all, I don't particularly like them. Secondly I WOULD go through surgery without anesthesia if I could. And thirdly, that's still an analogy, so there's nothing stopping them from saying "tho...
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1. then you obviously have to say: „What if someone I liked, unlike you, died?“
2. ouch
3. say: „to me they are analogous“
4. it depends. Because it always does.
Pain is an evolutionary invention. Its useful in most cases to motivate better behavior for an „imaginary“ cost.
Scoundrel · 1d
✍👀Got it. If someone calls me a masochist then I should instantly roast them. As for your argument that pain isn't useful in every case, isn't that why humans are able and willing to manually ignore pain if they have enough conviction that it's the right decision? I mean, if someone achieves a...