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Feeling pain can't be explained as an interaction of physical particles. Because no such explanation can exist, or because we don't have a sufficient understan
by orangecat 14y ago
Feeling pain can't be explained as an interaction of physical particles.
Because no such explanation can exist, or because we don't have a sufficient understanding yet? See "God of the gaps".
- RivieraKid 14y agoBecause physics doesn't even have the language to describe the feeling of pain. Similarly, physics doesn't have a language to describe how "green" looks, it can only describe the frequency of green etc. Also have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia, it's basically what I'm talking about.