Pain Simulator

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I can imagine writing a science fiction story that includes a pain simulator. In the story, this device was developed for lesbian couples who were giving birth, where the non-pregnant partner wanted to share the experience of giving birth. Later, the product would have been adopted by heterosexual couples, to give the husband an opportunity to share the birth experience. Using this invention, the partner would feel the same kind of pain and the same intensity of pain, in the same regions of the body as the person who is feeling it naturally. The simulator could also serve as part of treatment for pain because the sympathy and togetherness of others helps ease the stress of someone in real pain.

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