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Pleasure Can Be Given Experiential Texture
Rather than mere dazed pleasure, well-being could be attached to experiential texture—aesthetic perception of beauty, scientific insight like Archimedes' flash of discovery, or genuine understanding of another person—producing states that are both ecstatically happy and rich in worthwhile informational content, far superior to the image of a junkie.
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Nicholas BostromEvidence Quote
“If you imagined these spirits being ecstatically happy while contemplating beauty and truth and goodness, that already seems better than the junkie on the dirty, flea-infested mattress”
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:04:44 AM
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