223. Paul Bloom on the pleasures of suffering and the meaning of life
The Michael Shermer Show
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Is There a Link in the Brain Between Pleasure and Pain?
i wanted to ask you about the possible link in the brain between pleasure and suffering or pain, a like in sato masicism. Is there something in there where there's a link between neral networks, or something where, you know, if you're on the edge some pleasure and the and some pain also triggers that and bumps it up? There's some or some nervou science work on the balance in pleasure and pain. It turns ut at a nural level, parts o te rain, associated pleasure and pain lagt up in response not according to the actual physical sensations you're getting, but to the physical sensations relative to the exectations.
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