If pleasure and knowledge are merely different vessels for the same scalar quantity, then choosing ten units over five involves no loss of value, only a lower-scoring alternative, making regret analogous to regretting that 10 > 5.

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Scalar quantity(as used in mathematics and philosophy to describe how value might work): A measurement that only has size or amount (like temperature or weight), rather than direction—basically something you can add up and compare numerically.
knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.): Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
pleasure(Leibniz's metaphysical account of pleasure as perception of harmonic order): A confused or distinct apprehension of harmony
regret(Distinguished from remorse in phenomenological arguments for ethical pluralism): An emotional response fitting to finding oneself in circumstances involving difficult moral choices

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