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Originally Posted by Odlov View Post
Yes. Although it is conceivable that we may come up with an alternative alert, which captures our priority without causing us intense displeasure.
Hell, if we talk about far into post-human era....we may just know precisely where the pain originates, and what threat level it is to us. Fucken technology miracles...


True enough, but think about this. We have warning systems on our computers to let us know when they get a virus - so we don't have to feel the effect of the virus to know its there - and we know that we want to preserve the computer, so we act on it without feeling the "pain" of the computer. But, we actually do start to associate our own feelings with this knowledge - annoyance, even grief if it destroys the computer. So the affective, feeling-oriented component of knowledge and action emerges, even if it is seemingly unnecessary.
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Originally Posted by Logic View Post
True enough, but think about this. We have warning systems on our computers to let us know when they get a virus - so we don't have to feel the effect of the virus to know its there - and we know that we want to preserve the computer, so we act on it without feeling the "pain" of the computer. But, we actually do start to associate our own feelings with this knowledge - annoyance, even grief if it destroys the computer. So the affective, feeling-oriented component of knowledge and action emerges, even if it is seemingly unnecessary.

Wait, wait, wait. Yes, but what's the point of this? Sure, I'm pissed as hell if I have to reformat because my computer's dyin' of backdoor virus type x9-yadda-yadda. Are you trying to say we'd be pissed as hell if ameliorating the source of emotional pain for a person ended up killing or crippling them? I think I'm at a loss here. In other words:

Lol, I dunno what you gettin' at, Willis.

Which is a shame, because I understood everything up to the Emotional Anti-virus thingie -- which I think we already have, and it be called Introspection v1.0, Gold version.
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