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28 Post author: Lukas_Gloor 28 July 2013 06:24PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 29 July 2013 02:07:40PM 4 points [-]

If I was told that some evil scientist would first operate on my brain to (temporarily) lower my IQ and cognitive abilities, and then torture me afterwards, it is not like I will be less afraid of the torture or care less about averting it!

People get anaesthesia before undergoing surgery and get drunk before risking social embarrassment all the time.

Comment author: Lukas_Gloor 29 July 2013 02:12:36PM *  5 points [-]

Animals are not walking around anaesthetized, and I don't think the primary reason why alcohol helps with pain is that it makes you dumber (I might be wrong about this).

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