The Pain Scale

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5Eula BissThe pain Scale0 No PainThe concept of Christ is considerably older than the concept ofzero. Both are problematic both have their fallacies and theirimmaculate conceptions. But the problem of zero troubles mesignificantly more than the problem of am sitting in the exam room of a hospital entertaining the ideathat absolutely no pain is not possible. Despite the commercials, Isuspect that pain cannot be eliminated. And this may be the fallacyon which we have based all our calculations and all our our sins are for is not a number. Or at least, it does not behave like a num-ber. It does not add, subtract, or multiply like other numbers. Zerois a number in the way that Christ was a , for one, did not believe in no pain is possible, then, another question is no pain desir-able?

5 Eula Biss The Pain Scale 0 No Pain The concept of Christ is considerably older than the concept of zero. Both are problematic—both have their fallacies and their

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