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Why is pain so painful? After all, it is only nerve impulses sent to our brains like many others.
Neil Frizzo Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Pain is so painful because the consequences of it not being so are worse.
@PhilMorey8 via Twitter
The function of pain is to stop you doing stupid things twice. It has to hurt to make it work.
Pat French Rockhurst, Shropshire, UK
The impulse sent by a nerve from the site of a trauma is indeed similar to the impulse from a sensor cell in the retina of the eye or the cochlea of…
