Philosophy, Moral theory and practice
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Why should we modify Nozick's experience machine thought experiment so that you would remain in the experience machine for the rest of your life rather than being brought out every two years?
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Because it's unrealistic to expect the scientists to remember to bring you out.
Because the scientists need to interview you again to see whether you've changed your mind.
Because when you are brought out of the machine, you will realize that everything you thought was happening to you never really happened, and that all of the pleasure you experienced was based on false beliefs about what was going on. You would experience far more pleasure in life by remaining "plugged in" all of your life and never discovering that nothing you experience is real.
Because you need a break from all of the pleasure and bringing you out would give you a break.
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According to Nozick, what are you missing out on if you live a simulated life connected to an experience machine *and* a transformation machine *and* a results machine?
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Making a difference in the world
Desirable experiences
Being a certain kind of person
Living in contact with reality
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What does it mean to say that something is *intrinsically* good?
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good as an *end*
an innate need
good only as a *means*
instrumentally good