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Nolvalis94

Nolvalis94

Depressed Patrician
Feb 19, 2024
7
No. The asymmetry between that degree of pain and that degree of pleasure would be vast. You wouldn't come out the other end of that hour of pain with an intact mind.
 
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Blurry_Buildings

Blurry_Buildings

Just Existing
Sep 27, 2023
505
Old thread to get resurfaced but I'm surprised there are so many "nos".

What do I have to lose? I'll do it. It'll be more interesting than my boring life.
 
Shrike

Shrike

My pain isn't yours to harvest.
Feb 13, 2024
100
I could say maybe, if I believed such an equivalence could occur and all the side effects would be corrected after.
No. The asymmetry between that degree of pain and that degree of pleasure would be vast. You wouldn't come out the other end of that hour of pain with an intact mind.
Yeah like this would be my issue.

People get traumatized, get PTSD. There is not, as far as I'm aware, a pleasure "equivalent".

I think a more interesting question would be exchanging significant pain for significant pleasure, and the answer is obviously yes because that's what people choose in life every day. "the best/worst" gets you in the zone of awkward metaphysics nobody can properly reason about.
 

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