In such cases, the evolutionary purpose of pain is to cause despair in order to encourage suicide or euthanasia so that resources are no longer wasted on an unfit member of society. It would be an obsolete function were hospital bills not so expensive in the United States.
In such cases, the evolutionary purpose of pain is to cause despair in order to encourage suicide or euthanasia so that resources are no longer wasted on an unfit member of society. It would be an obsolete function were hospital bills not so expensive in the United States.