The Science of Pain — Why the Brain Can Create Suffering Without Injury
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Author: Scientific American editors and contributing researchers.
This episode explores The Science of Pain as a systems-level analysis of how neurological, immune, and psychological systems influence suffering, perception, and medical treatment.
By focusing on incentive architecture and biological feedback loops rather than isolated symptoms, the episode examines why chronic pain persists, why opioid-centered models often fail, and how perception itself is biologically constructed.
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