Experience machine" = lobotomy plus a continuous 24/7 morphine drip ... — 180 Proof
However, I have a different opinion on the definition of the experience machine. According to the definition, people who plug in into the machine can and only can experience pleasure. — Howard
Conclusion: Experience machines cannot exist. — Howard
According to the definition, people who plug in into the machine can and only can experience pleasure. My argument against it would be like the following:
1. The existence of something depends on the existence of something opposite to it.
2. Pleasure is one of these things.
3. Pleasure depends on the existence of its opposite, which is pain.
4. In the hypothetical experience machine, only pleasure exists.
5. In the hypothetical experience machine, pain does not exist, so neither does pleasure.
6. One definition of a thing cannot conflict with another definition of it.
Conclusion: Experience machines cannot exist. — Howard
Conclusion: Experience machines cannot exist. — Howard
If a thing is derived from its negativity, from what it is not, then eliminating its antipodes destroys the ground for its definition. — Count Timothy von Icarus
I agree. We need reality and activity in order to experience many kinds of pleasure. Virtual reality and passive experience cannot be enough. — Cuthbert
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