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Physical pain is subjective too. What isn't?

It also appears all the qualifiers are removed, for example

* Often appears not to be listening when spoken to

* Frequently loses items required for tasks and activities

* Is frequently easily distracted by extraneous stimuli

* Often forgets daily activities

* Is frequently reluctant to engage in tasks which require sustained attention

and so on.

Everyone forgets a name or a word every once in a while and that doesn't mean they are senile, yet we recognize senility exists past a threshold.



and theres nothing subjective about a broken leg, no two doctors would disagree on a broken leg like they would disagree over mental health conditions. you meant to say physical "health" is subjective, ie what we class as "unhealthy".


No, I meant to say physical "pain", which is why we have subjective scales (1-10, faces) and one can't tell if someone's just faking it for drugs


but the threshold is vague and arbirtary.


As it is with the other examples. So if it can't be measured it doesn't exist? Is this the dead spirit of Robert McNamara?


>So if it can't be measured it doesn't exist? Nah. If its vague and arbitrary maybe it should be the basis of a medical condition


Then I guess it's a good thing you're not a doctor, because that's life -- trying to make the best of subjective/incomplete information




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