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> What about hunger and others? The same as pain in principle, it's just a type of feeling. Physics can't not only explain them, it can't even define them, bec
by RivieraKid 10y ago
> What about hunger and others?
The same as pain in principle, it's just a type of feeling. Physics can't not only explain them, it can't even define them, because they're subjective experiences.
> Your body and brain evolved to a current state which releases chemical substances to signal to other parts of body what's going on. Here cut arm is signaling with pain it's hurt and this will/may (after many layers of reduction) hamper your survival chances, thats why you have such signaling in place.
I'm sorry, but this is completely irrelevant. When I discuss this people always describe what happens in the human body when we feel pain and how it's evolutionary advantageous - I don't get what's the point of that.
What's happenning in the body when we feel pain is not the question. The problem is why do we feel pain when those physical processes happen. Or more specifically, why do we feel pain when the physical particles in the brain are in certain configurations.
- mnkmnk 10y agoIsn't feeling pain the equivalent of negative reward? Negative reward must be avoided, similarly, pain must be avoided. Isn't this a good enough reason to feel pain?
- RivieraKid 10y agoFeeling of pain is a type of feeling, a state of mind. Negative reward (that's an oxymoron lol, let's call it punishment) is an action that leads to an unpleasant feeling such as pain, fear, hunger, etc.