Would you opt for a life with no pain? - The Experience Machine.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNP1x11Z2Ig

 

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Imagine if you could plug your brain into a machine that would bring you ultimate pleasure for the rest of your life. The only catch? You have to permanently leave reality behind. Hayley Levitt and Bethany Rickwald explore Robert Nozick’s thought experiment that he called the Experience Machine.

 

[Inception]

I’d wish for a life without pain, but then I’d wish for a life with pain, but then I’d wish for a life without pain, and so on ad infinitum

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1 hour ago, Knowledge Hoarder said:

In a world without pain, how would you know you're experiencing pleasure?

I guess it is about if you would think that it is possible would you go into that machine.

Btw. there are these cat and dog videos where they find a home and seem very happy. So a bit of a good life seems to be possible.

[Bazooka Jesus]

15 hours ago, Inception said:

I’d wish for a life without pain, but then I’d wish for a life with pain, but then I’d wish for a life without pain, and so on ad infinitum

Lol, spot on.