Because we know of painless ways to induce loss of consciousness. Once consciousness is lost, you are, by definition, not conscious of anything, including pain. If you’ve ever had general anesthesia, you know that the induction of unconsciousness is painless. Then the doctors do things to you that would be extremely painful if you were conscious. There’s not really a compelling argument to suggest that if the doctor were to nick an artery during surgery, causing you to bleed out that it would be any more painful than if the surgery had been a success.
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