I seem to remember a conversation along the lines of
A: blablabla … hurts … blablabla.
B: Yeah, drinking hot water [or something like that] is painful.
A: Actually I meant hurt as in ‘harmful’, not as in ‘painful’.
Me: Well, after all pain receptors evolved for us to avoid damage, so if drinking hot water is painful probably it’s because it would damage us.
I seem to remember a conversation along the lines of
A: blablabla … hurts … blablabla.
B: Yeah, drinking hot water [or something like that] is painful.
A: Actually I meant hurt as in ‘harmful’, not as in ‘painful’.
Me: Well, after all pain receptors evolved for us to avoid damage, so if drinking hot water is painful probably it’s because it would damage us.