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Odious quote: “A being of higher faculties
requires more to make him happy, is capable probably of more acute suffering, and is certainly accessible to it at more points, than one of an inferior type; but in spite of these liabilities, he can never really wish to sink into what he feels to be a lower grade of existence.”

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This guy woulda loved Rick and Morty.

Repulsively equates suffering as a signifier of intelligence. Mill seems to be averse to see suffering as a means to self development, and purposely myopic in considering individual moral choice as an important individual freedom in society, or have a nuanced take on types of pleasures being ordinally different between individuals. Would hate to have a beer with this guy.

Makes a good point about sciences looking at the best result and looking backwards but philosophy not following the same process.