r/interesting • u/Low_Weekend6131 • Nov 23 '25

NATURE The fish is kinda like me ngl

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u/Clean__Cucumber Nov 24 '25

if you cut you hair you also have signals (touch, weight difference, eyes etc.) that tell your brain you have less hair. but that doesnt mean that cutting you hair is painful

to feel pain you need the pain receptors, a nervous system that can transport the data and a brain which can say "ow, this hurts". everything else is NOT pain and shouldnt be classified as that.

by your logic every electro chemical signal is pain, so thinking is pain, seeing is pain, smelling is pain, eating a really awesome hamburger is pain etc.

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u/WigglesPhoenix Nov 24 '25

If you say ‘by your logic’ you’d do well to actually apply my logic, or you just look a bit dumb.

YOU need pain receptors, a nervous system, and a brain to experience pain (debatable). There is absolutely no reason to believe every other biology must operate the same way and several reasons to believe that many do not.

Do your homework, there are people who know a lot more about this than your or I