In Bad Science, author Ben Goldacre delivers the following paean as part of a discussion of drug side effects.
I really enjoy the sensation of orgasm. It's important to me, and everything I experience in the world tells me that this sensation is important to other people too. Wars have been fought, essentially, for the sensation of orgasm. There are eveolutionary psychologists who would try to persuade you that the entirety of human culture and language is driven, in large part, by the pursuit of the sensation of orgasm.
Far be it from me to deny the pleasure to which he refers, but the man has obviously never felt the sensation of holding a sleeping baby on his chest.
Or spearing a wicked line-drive at third base in Little League to end the game. Or the first bite of Mom's special grapenut custard pudding. Or receiving the P&L on the first month the start-up breaks even. Those are all right up there, too!
Thanks, Eric. Even though I've not experienced any of the thrills you named, it's easy to see why they are major joys. Sometimes I think there's a vast media conspiracy to convince us there is one, and only one, pleasure in life.
Or diving into a cool lake on a warm summer morning, straight from the sleeping bag to water's edge and in!
(It's that memory that keeps me going in the long, dark cold winter...)
Oh, Katie, that sounds lovely! I'll have to admit that my general experiences on hopping out of a sleeping bag have involved running to the nearest warm fire. Pleasant in its own way, though.
