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I think all emotional states can be triggered electrochemichally for arbitrary durations. The reason all humans aren't like the manic people mentioned in the a
by pyentropy 6y ago
I think all emotional states can be triggered electrochemichally for arbitrary durations.
The reason all humans aren't like the manic people mentioned in the article is that it's not an evolutionary stable strategy. They hoard, steal, flirt too much and cooperation cannot happen.
Which brings me to a scary question - what stops a future radical extremist from capturing enemies and triggering the most extreme pain that no one has ever felt before with electrodes? Or gene editing millions of babies to be in constant extreme pain for their whole lifetime, without limbs or senses to be able to change anything (inspired by Metallica - One)?
- kanobo 6y agoThat's horrible food for thought - but I think humans have pretty good sensory adaptation, we don't constantly thinking about how we have clothes on. I imagine after a couple years or so people will adapt or be numb to the pain.
- pyentropy 6y agoThe article says adaptation can be bypassed.
- andai 6y agoOn a lighter note, I heard of an unusual school of ethics which says that we will soon have the technology (and the moral obligation) to modify all sentient life in such a way as to completely eliminate suffering from the universe.