What is the fundamental difference between pain and pleasure?

According to the speaker, the difference between pain and pleasure is not fully understood, but it is believed to be related to the activity of neurons in the brain.

How do neurons process information to create feelings like pain and pleasure?

The speaker suggests that neurons are simply 'firing in a dot-dot-dot' manner, which is then translated into feelings through unknown mechanisms.

Can a person fully understand and describe their emotions?

The speaker's conversation with Dr. Barry Wood reveals that even a psychiatrist may struggle to understand the nature of human emotions, as the speaker himself was unsure about what a 'feeling' truly was.

Pain and pleasure - what's the difference?

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we have no idea of what is the difference between pain and pleasure what are the neurons doing that produce pain versus what is pleasure to a neuron they're just firing in dot dot dot like that that's all that neurons are capable of doing dopamine produces pleasure okay but dopamine is just changing the activity of some neurons and all those neurons are doing is talking in Morse code so how does the morse code get converted into pain and pleasure my wife is was seeing a psychiatrist because to deal with her cancer yeah so I called her her psychiatrist she recommended me to somebody I went I went to see him Barry wood was his name he said uh how do you feel I said to him what's a Feeling

FAQ

Q: What is the fundamental difference between pain and pleasure?
A: According to the speaker, the difference between pain and pleasure is not fully understood, but it is believed to be related to the activity of neurons in the brain.
Q: How do neurons process information to create feelings like pain and pleasure?
A: The speaker suggests that neurons are simply 'firing in a dot-dot-dot' manner, which is then translated into feelings through unknown mechanisms.
Q: Can a person fully understand and describe their emotions?
A: The speaker's conversation with Dr. Barry Wood reveals that even a psychiatrist may struggle to understand the nature of human emotions, as the speaker himself was unsure about what a 'feeling' truly was.

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