I came across this amazing video on TED: http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure.html
Summary (taken from the webpage):
Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.
I am posting this for two reasons:
1) I think it's an amazing video that is funny and fascinating all by itself.
2) While I am not posting this to push any particular agenda- that's been done to death and is unwinnable- the implications it has on our little world here are undeniable. I'll leave it to the rest of you to draw the parallels. Enjoy!
