aiya old stuff la, flogged to death in the matrix; but it came up in one of my modules (philosophy) and i am immensely bored by the people in my tutorial class.. quite sian diao, all the talk about creativity and all that happens is that people keep talking and parroting the main lecturer's ideas.. even his counterarguments and all that jazz.
hope to find more refreshing views here, since i suppose no one would have attended the lecture.
so here's the deal:
cheers
would you plug in? :devil: can just one liner but please, if you can, express your reasons why and why not.. so that a proper discussion can get going
hope to find more refreshing views here, since i suppose no one would have attended the lecture.
so here's the deal:
Robert Nozick said:There are also substantial puzzles when we ask what matters other than how people's experiences feel "from the inside". Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your brain so that you would think and feel you were writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an interesting book. All the time you would be floating in a tank, with electodes attached to your brain. Should you plug into this machine for life, preprogramming your life's experiences? If you are worried about missing out on desirable experiences, we can suppose that business enterprises have researched thoroughly the lives of many others. You can pick and choose from their large library or smorgasbord of such experiences, selecting your life's experiences for say, the next 2 years. After 2 years have passed, you will have ten minutes or ten hours out of the tank, to select the experiences of your next two years. Of course, while in the tank, you won't know that you're there; you'll think it's all actually happening. Others can also plug in to have the experiences they want, so there's no need to stay unplugged to serve them. Would you plug in? What else can matter to us, other than how lives feel from the inside? Nor should you refrain because of the few moments of distres between the moment you've decided and the moment you've pluged. What's a few moments of distress compared to a lifetime of bliss (if that's what you choose) and why feel any distress at all if your decision IS the best one?
cheers
would you plug in? :devil: can just one liner but please, if you can, express your reasons why and why not.. so that a proper discussion can get going