From: Felix Ungman (felix@aleph.se)
Date: Tue Oct 08 1996 - 16:11:38 MDT
Ira Brodsky:
>Perhaps transhumanists should program themselves to experience an
>intense orgasm (or something analogous) every time they acquire
>important knowledge, gain new insights, or create (or even procreate?)
>something of value.
This is a actually an excellent idea. The major problem is that many of the
responses we want to reprogram function at a very low level. The two
basic feelings are lust and hunger. Normally the responses of these feelings
are sex or food. For some time, whenever I feel lust, I try to associate
the feeling, not with sex, but with the feeling of success and wealth.
Similarily (handy when you practice calorie restriction) I try to
associate hunger with work. These are just simple examples but I think
there are many motivational feedback circuits that can be reprogrammed
in similair fashion, perhaps in combination with drug/hormon theraphy.
Now I only have to find some time to study more medicin and psychology.
Felix Ungman
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