Simply put: human senses work logarithmically (as a professor introduced it in an introductory signal processing course decades ago in my undergraduate). This is a fascinating law, that, if you assume it applies to all cognitive processes, can perhaps explain things like why one gets used to nice things and happiness goes down as we accumulate more stuff.
I’ve always thought that it’s also a powerful argument against the concepts of Heaven and Hell, as described in many religions, I.e. it’s impossible to continuously torture people or keep them ecstatic.
I’ve always thought that it’s also a powerful argument against the concepts of Heaven and Hell, as described in many religions, I.e. it’s impossible to continuously torture people or keep them ecstatic.