Capacity of Simple Organisms for Extreme Pain

The capacity for simple organisms to experience extreme pain is plausible, with the possibility of a being having fewer neurons primarily focused on transitioning from extreme pain to euphoria. This concept challenges the traditional understanding of pain perception and suggests that extreme pain in a small-brained being could surpass the total pain capacity of a more complex organism. The variety of emotional capacities like sadness, shame, and embarrassment in complex organisms does not restrict the potential for extreme pain in simpler organisms. Evolutionary biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, have suggested that simpler organisms might require stronger pain signals for self-preservation due to their limited learning capabilities, indicating the need for models to encompass alternative perspectives on pain perception.