[MD] Catching up to Pirsig

[kieffer odigaunt]

HI Craig,

interesting point - yes - some people can end up liking pain. The brain is
plastic and can be trained to work in surprising ways.

-KO

2009/4/19 <craigerb at comcast.net>

> [dmb]
> > And this is where the betterness comes in. Its better to be off the hot
> > stove, for example. The idea here is that DQ is a sense that guides and
> > pulls or pushes in a direction that will improve the situation.
>
>
> But what if the situation isn't improved?
> To use an example I've used before, what if you give an electric shock to
> an infant every time it touches something at 72F, causing it to recoil.
> Eventually after the electric shocks are no longer applied, the infant will
> still recoil at everything at 72F just as it recoils at every hot stove,
> even though in the former case, recoiling does not improve the situation.
> Craig
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