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The Experience Machine (view source)
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, 20:32, February 27, 2009New page: '''The Experience Machine''' is a thought experiment presented by Robert Nozick as an argument against Utilitarianism<ref>''Anarchy, State and Utopia.'' Nozick, Robert.</ref>. The ...
'''The Experience Machine''' is a thought experiment presented by [[Robert Nozick]] as an argument against [[Utilitarianism]]<ref>''Anarchy, State and Utopia.'' Nozick, Robert.</ref>. The experience machine is used by "super-neuroscientists" to simulate a world for us in which all wishes and desires would be satisifed. We will be plugged into the machine for the rest of our lives, but will forget the real world and forget that we are plugged into a machine. Nozick argued that many people would refuse to be plugged in, because, contrary to the utilitarianism, they value truth and reality more than they value pleasure.
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