--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote:
> This could not only partially explain masochism,
> but, the pleasure of
> hardwork (essentialist explanation of work ethic),
> the self-flagellation of
> Christian zealots, the "good hurt" athletes feel,
> the very pleasant
> experiences reported by those who have near death
> experiences.
>
Near-death experiences, however, at least as classically reported, do not usually follow pain, and many of them are not pleasurable. (Going to Hell, foer example.)
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