I intuitively sympathize with the complaints of status-quo bias, though it’s of course also true that more changes from evolution’s current local optimum entail more risk.
Here is another interesting reference on one form of congenital lack of pain.
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I intuitively sympathize with the complaints of status-quo bias, though it’s of course also true that more changes from evolution’s current local optimum entail more risk.
Here is another interesting reference on one form of congenital lack of pain.