On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 1:08 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > On 10/20/2013 3:53 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote: > > If this was possible, wouldn't you choose it? If not, why not? > I have a recurring similar discussion with a friend: suppose you could > be put in a capsule on life support and given a steady supply of a > drug that makes you feel pure bliss for the rest of your natural life. > Would you agree? If not, why not? > > > Nietzshce would say, because human motivation is the will to power, the > satisfaction of accomplishment, creativity - not bliss or pleasure. Which > makes sense from an evolutionary viewpoint. People (and other animals) will > risk and suffer and sacrifice in order to procreate. Freud saw this as the > most basis drive.
Sure, the biological program would prevent us from choosing heaven itself. But it's interesting to become aware that this is the case. No rational objections against bliss can be made. Bliss is, by definition, the most desirable state of consciousness. It's the state of consciousness were one doesn't long for any other state. And yet, most of us would pass. Best, Telmo. > Brent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
