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Pain vs Pleasure: Understanding their Relationship
18:54 - 23:56 (05:02)
This podcast explores the idea that pain is in fact the most real thing, and pleasure simply serves as a negation or relief from pain. The analogy of being born without knowledge of social characteristics is used to reflect on the relationship between pain and pleasure.
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This transcript discusses the philosophical notion that pain is the most real and active emotion, and how the perceived positivity of pleasure is just a negation of pain.
18:54 - 23:56 (05:02)
Philosophy
Summary
This transcript discusses the philosophical notion that pain is the most real and active emotion, and how the perceived positivity of pleasure is just a negation of pain. The comparison is made between the pleasure of consuming chicken for humans versus chickens' lack of intelligence to experience pain to the same extent, and how uncertainty towards birth characteristics relates to the topic.