(June 12, 2016 at 7:22 am)robvalue Wrote: I appreciate having the warning system.
But I really wish it could be intermittent when it's something I literally can't do anything about, and nor can anyone else. I don't need constant reminding. Every half an hour for 2 seconds would be fine.
Perhaps one good way of thinking about it is what it would be like for non-human animals, in the wild. There the pain would need to be constant to let them know when they'd healed (because no mirrors, doctors, or other ways to examine their own wounds other than whatever was right in front of their eyes... and then the question of whether they have self-awareness enough to recognise it as part of themselves anyway) and also as a means of allowing it to heal... like when we're in pain sometimes we'll try and get ourselves into a comfortable position where the pain reduces... for animals that's probably the only way of promoting healing (no opposable thumbs, doctors, or means to apply dressings etc). And in our own case if there is constant pain as long as it doesn't change too much we can at least sometimes tune it out... so we only really notice it when it first appears or qualitatively changes... and there it really is acting as a warning system, informing of the location and type of injury through the signature of the pain.
