You’re never actually happy. I mean, you’re not happy right now, are you? Evolution keeps you permanently in a state of not-quite-miserable-enough-to-commit-suicide—that’s most efficient, after all.
Well sure, of course you remember being happy, and being sadder than you are now. That motivates you to reproduce. But actually you always felt, and always will feel, exactly like you feel now.
And in five minutes you’ll look back on this conversation and think it was really fun and interesting.
You’re never actually happy. I mean, you’re not happy right now, are you? Evolution keeps you permanently in a state of not-quite-miserable-enough-to-commit-suicide—that’s most efficient, after all.
Well sure, of course you remember being happy, and being sadder than you are now. That motivates you to reproduce. But actually you always felt, and always will feel, exactly like you feel now.
And in five minutes you’ll look back on this conversation and think it was really fun and interesting.
I had to think about this for quite a while before I could refute it. Well done.