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Savage Lovecast Episode 778

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The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose

The brain creates the sensation of pain fresh every time, based on all these other factors. When we consent to an experience that would normally be aversive, we are creating this whole new context around what we think we're going to get out of it. O m g s dot com scientists partner with indiana university and yale university researchers to ask tens of thousands of people what they discover is most pleasurable for them. They find the patterns and shared techniques, naming many for the first time.

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