On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:12 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/24/2012 5:54 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: >> >> >> Saying evolution created pain and pleasure is a bit of a cop out. When we >> say evolution created mammals, we can theorize about a progression of >> material forms (and environments) that led to mammals. >> >> So *how* did evolution do that? >> > > Of course evolution does everything the same way: random variation and > reproductive selection.
What I mean is, at what point in the evolutionary process does the experience of pain and pleasure emerge? For instance, we could say of the experience of color, that it emerged when evolution produced organisms with multiple photoreceptors that are sensitive to light of different wavelengths. So what kind of organization arose during the evolutionary process that led directly to the subjective experience of pain and pleasure? >> What sort of progression could you theorize about that led to pain and >> pleasure? I think to do that, assuming mechanism, you still have to come up >> with something that maps those feelings to 3p processes. >> > > Sure. Look at some of the books by Anotonio Damasio, e.g. "The Feeling of > What Happens". > > Brent I certainly will. In the meantime, do you have an example from Damasio (or any other source) that could shed light on the pain/pleasure phenomenon? Terren -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
