I think he may be answering the question in terms of sensory pain rather than affective pain. I was mainly interested in affective pain, I probably should have specified that in the question. In terms of sensory pain it seems to me like his answer make sense and is right because it makes sense that more nociceptors would give you a richer and more complex sensory pain. But it doesn’t make sense in terms of affective pain.
I agree with Siebe that he is using ‘suffering’ in a nonstandard way. He seems to be using ‘pain’ to refer to ‘acute pain” and ‘suffering’ to refer to ‘long-lasting, non-acute pain.’
I think he may be answering the question in terms of sensory pain rather than affective pain. I was mainly interested in affective pain, I probably should have specified that in the question. In terms of sensory pain it seems to me like his answer make sense and is right because it makes sense that more nociceptors would give you a richer and more complex sensory pain. But it doesn’t make sense in terms of affective pain.
I agree with Siebe that he is using ‘suffering’ in a nonstandard way. He seems to be using ‘pain’ to refer to ‘acute pain” and ‘suffering’ to refer to ‘long-lasting, non-acute pain.’