True. Pain's our personal moderator for the *degree* of stupidity: "I really needed to reach over the fire for that tool; so my skin is red, no big deal." Ouch. Big deal.
One wonders how/if eliminating pain affects our capability for joy, that is, if pain provides a negative against which a positive emotional experience gains perspective.
Of if eliminating pain means you're no longer able to experience any difference between, say, LOTR and a 3-hour Dick Cheney biography.
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True. Pain's our personal moderator for the *degree* of stupidity: "I really needed to reach over the fire for that tool; so my skin is red, no big deal." Ouch. Big deal.
One wonders how/if eliminating pain affects our capability for joy, that is, if pain provides a negative against which a positive emotional experience gains perspective.
Of if eliminating pain means you're no longer able to experience any difference between, say, LOTR and a 3-hour Dick Cheney biography.