this is interesting, the author is hinting that pain is the essence of life's value. captain kirk once said something similar.
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2010/11/28/what-makes-life-sacred/
"An additional bonus of saying ‘the brain does it’ is that we can decide whether a human being or another animal has value by considering its brain development. The gestational age for a legal abortion, for example, is generally premised on viability but some argue that it might be better to premise it on experience. Neuroscientists have pointed to the fact that after 24 weeks gestation the fetus has the necessary receptors, wiring and brain areas to experience pain and so, after 24 weeks, the fetus has value."
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