Robert Nozick's The Experience Machine

As a human being, we have tried to understand the balance between pleasant things and right things. Humans try to make the most of the possibilities of experiencing happiness. Hedonism argues that happiness is the most important and only important source. If the concept of hedonism is a reality, happiness is directly related to happiness. Robert Nozick proposed his philosophical world to doubt the existence and validity of hedonism using his experimental "The Experience Machine".

The citation that it is the widest, but not the only cause, of intrinsic value is based on Robert Nozick's empirical mechanical thinking experiment. Nozick's Experience Mechanical thinking experiments are aimed not only to show that our experience is important to us but also to show that life is really important to us. As this discussion is highly convincing, almost all books on ethics discuss hedonism and only use this argument or this argument to reject it. In thinking experiments, Nozick asked us to imagine that we could choose to insert a perfect machine that offers perfect various experiences. Importantly, this machine can provide these experiences, and once inserted in the machine, no one can say that their experience is not true. If you do not consider the responsibilities to others and the problems that occur when everyone inserts, will you insert a machine for life?

There are many thought experiments in hedonism. Among many things, one of the interesting experiments I found is The Experience Machine. "Experience Machine" created by philosopher Robert Nozick in his works "Anarchy", "Country" and "Utopia" is a beautiful thinking experiment for the world of virtual reality. The Experience Machine is a scene that Nogic seeks to imagine a machine that can give people an ideal and enjoyable experience. This experiment is based on the premise that humans have found a way to stimulate the human brain and induce a fun experience that can not be distinguished from reality. Then he asked if he / she likes the machine better than the reality machine, if there is a choice?

A recent philosopher, the late Robert Nogic, has developed a well-known "experience machine" thinking experiment. And it revealed what we want in addition to subjective and enjoyable experience. In Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974), Nozick convincedly suggested not inserting a machine and doing fun simulations because he wants to do something in some way. Please touch the real world. Clearly, we want more than just superficial enjoyment, our judgment on society far exceeds the source of this pleasure.