On Saturday 16 June 2007 07:20:27 pm Matt Mahoney wrote: > > --- Bo Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I haven't kept up with this thread. But I wanted to counter the idea of a > > simple ordering of painfulness. .... > > Can you give me an example? >
Anyone who has played a competitive sport can tell you that there are lots of different kinds of pain, and that some are "good" and some are "bad", and some are just obnoxious but to be overcome. You can't succeed at any level without being able to supress pain for higher goals, but you won't last long if you ignore the wrong kind. Even a simplistic modular model of mind can allow for pain signals to the various modules which can be different in kind depending on which module they are reporting to. Josh ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e
