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CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I would say even animals have some modeling of the world around them. Like a cat knows if it pushes something off a counter, it will bang on the floor.
And more academic modeling has certainly improved lives with much less food scarcity throughout the world, and much improved healthcare. Your cellphone may not actually make your life better, but having your cancer detected and treated early certainly can.

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AnDoLiN@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Your cellphone may not actually make your life better, but having your cancer detected and treated early certainly can.

May not make it better. It may. Could. Or maybe it can’t.

And more academic modeling has certainly improved lives with much less food scarcity throughout the world, and much improved healthcare.

You are just elaborately saying “we have soap now”. But have you quantified the subjective experience of suffering between people who live now and people who lived before soap?

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- CannonFodder@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  They didn’t do surveys like that back when they didn’t have soap, so we can never know. But I think healthier longevity is pretty clearly a plus. But you do you - you can refuse heath care if you think it will make you happier.
  
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  - AnDoLiN@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    But I think healthier longevity is pretty clearly a plus.
    
    Based on what?
    
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