Pain Is Inevitable. And Necessary. Suffering Is Not
9 min readNov 5, 2021
The 2021 Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to two scientists, David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, who independently worked out the impact touch and temperature have on the body’s nervous system. Turns out, our sensory system is quite complicated and well evolved. A core part of their research was on the subject of pain — a universally undesirable phenomenon and one we try to avoid at all costs. But…
