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There is a lot of ambiguity about whether we are able to activate pleasure or merely activate wanting.
by nazgulnarsil 13y ago
There is a lot of ambiguity about whether we are able to activate pleasure or merely activate wanting.
- jlgreco 13y agoSeems pretty easy to test, though hard to test ethically perhaps. Wire someone up, flip the switch, tell them that they can turn it off if they don't like it. If they like it, then is it not by definition pleasure? Perhaps they find "wanting" to be pleasurable, but I know that I for one do not.
- nazgulnarsil 13y agoit has been tried on humans only twice AFAIK
- bumbledraven 13y agoDetails/cite?
- s_baby 13y agohttp://www.wireheading.com/delgado/index.html http://www.wireheading.com/delgado/index.html
- nazgulnarsil 13y agohadn't seen this. Thank you!
- s_baby 13y agoThere was a particular case study I can't find that documented intense euphoria. To the point the subjects were borderline dysfunctional, like the rats with the cocaine dispensing lever experiment.
- nazgulnarsil 13y agobrb heading to Hong Kong for illicit surgery.
- gwern 13y agoI'm not sure there's any real practical difference as far as utility or the negative effects go.