The argument wasn’t that you need the joy of scientific discovery; it was that scientific discovery is important to us for reasons entirely apart from joy. You would never want a Soma substitute for scientific discovery, because that wouldn’t involve… you know… actual scientific discovery.
The argument wasn’t that you need the joy of scientific discovery; it was that scientific discovery is important to us for reasons entirely apart from joy. You would never want a Soma substitute for scientific discovery, because that wouldn’t involve… you know… actual scientific discovery.
Additionally, another different take on this is Yvain’s Are Wireheads Happy?.