Why does the brain, despite being a very vital organ, not have any pain receptors?
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Well, how would that be advantageous? In what situation would feeling brain trauma help survival?
Pain is useful when you can act in response to it. A lot of internal trauma isn’t survivable in the wild, so having a pain response to it doesn’t lead to higher survival chance, and it doesn’t translate to that trait being selected for.
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