Comment by lapcat

> The issue was about signal to noise. The logical stance is to assume signal is signal, until you know otherwise.

I know otherwise. I have a lifetime of experience—lifetimes of experience, counting the experiences of other people—to know that pain is often just noise.

Pain is ancient. It predates rationality by millions of years, perhaps billions. The dumbest animal experiences pain. It's not a finely tuned system with documented diagnositic codes.