But if we are merely mathematical objects, from whence arises the feelings of pleasure and pain that are so fundamental?
My understanding is that these feelings are physical things that exist in your brain (chemical, electrical, structural features, whatever). I think of this like how bits (in a computer sense) are an abstract thing, but if you ask “How does the computer know this bit is a 1?”, the answer is that it’s a structural feature of a hard drive or an electrical signal in a memory chip.
My understanding is that these feelings are physical things that exist in your brain (chemical, electrical, structural features, whatever). I think of this like how bits (in a computer sense) are an abstract thing, but if you ask “How does the computer know this bit is a 1?”, the answer is that it’s a structural feature of a hard drive or an electrical signal in a memory chip.