United Kingdom: Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan (BPS neurologist)

[Snow Leopard]

It should be mentioned that the rubber arm experiment doesn’t create pain. It only activates a reflex based on tricking the predictive mechanisms that are used for determining the position of our body (we need predictions based on sight because the nerves are too slow to do highly co-ordinated tasks like intercepting something or hitting something.)

So the experiment actually shows that pain isn’t predictive, which is the complete opposite of what @Friendswithme claims

Edit: Snow Leopard already made the point in this comment: https://s4me.info/threads/united-kingdom-dr-suzanne-o’sullivan-bps-neurologist.6289/post-602518

Yes, our proprioception of limbs can be fooled because it is a predictive system, but our pain systems cannot because they are not predictive (and it makes no sense that they would be predictive).