RE: Is 10,000 people suffering identically equal bad as one of them?
October 30, 2010 at 10:53 am
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2010 at 2:31 am by ib.me.ub.)
Quote:I don't care about it because no one is experiencing it because the experience of the total sum doesn't exist in anyone's experience.
Under your understanding of the subject, yes, it can't exist. But you use very strange examples. Examples that don't actually relect the real World.
EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:because, in practice, people don't suffer identically, however similar
So the sum total of any particular suffering would be different for me becuase we all suffer differently......... 'this is how I see it'...........
For instance, in terms of 10,000 pin pricks, I would feel my translation of 10,000 pin pricks, not the actual pin pricks. I would't be able to feel the actual pin pricks, because that is impossible, but I would be able translate what the the pain represents for myself. But this isn't a good example, as it has no relation to the real World and wouldn't actually happen, so it is hard to relate.
A better eaxmple would be the floods in Pakistan recently (this is a much more realistic example). As different people are suffering in different ways at different times the translation of feeling would be quite a broad effect.
Therefore, if you were to feel/translate the sum total, you would become very emotional & upset. It could quite possible make one depressed if you stayed there for too long.
EvidenceVsFaith Wrote:No individual experiences the sum total of all individuals' experience of suffering or pleasure, so, if you care about that: you're not caring about real experience.
What does this mean?
