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Re: On Pain (was: Re: On happiness)

Posted By: gremlinn, on host 24.165.8.100
Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 18:56:02
In Reply To: On Pain (was: Re: On happiness) posted by Sam on Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at 13:46:13:

> > I once saw a list of the ten most painful experiences that a human being can experience in a lifetime.
>
> This comment has stuck in my head since I read your post, which, ok, was only this morning. But I was struck by how revealing such a list would be about how we work. So much of our behavior, individual or as a society, is driven by what makes us hurt.
>
> I tried Googling for such a Top 10 list, but I didn't turn up anything. Do you know where this list might be online, or do you remember what was on it? I'd be pretty interested.

I searched as well, with no luck. The more I think about it, though, the more I'm sure that if I were to compose such a list, all of the top 10 would be some sort of unrelenting physical agony. That is, if the amount of pain is measured in per unit of time.

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