Timeline for Why are we not trying to create an Experience Machine?
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| Jul 26, 2022 at 17:50 | comment | added | user61846 | I am diagnosed with schizophrenia. My life is truly remarkable in so many ways. It is also rotten and despicable. Not just because I do not trust many people, but because I only seem to experience (do) all these things. Better an unhappy Socrates, at least if we're not solipsists. | |
| May 12, 2020 at 0:51 | comment | added | user46524 | almost every philosopher thinks an "experience machine" - a simulation of climbing Everest or curing cancer -- is meaningless next to the real thing | |
| May 12, 2020 at 0:30 | history | edited | curiousdannii |
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| May 11, 2020 at 20:03 | vote | accept | Spencer Lutz | ||
| May 10, 2020 at 18:16 | answer | added | present | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 10, 2020 at 15:01 | comment | added | Spencer Lutz | @SofieSelnes I think the business perspective is interesting, but couldn't the inventor of this machine just charge its users a one-time fee before they enter? It could even be the client's entire life savings (I mean they're not going to need it anymore). It seems pretty lucrative to me. Also, I didn't think about how we already seem to be working towards that. Good point. | |
| May 10, 2020 at 9:11 | comment | added | Sofie Selnes | Thanks for your question! It could be approached in many ways, but as some initial suggestions towards an answer, 1) maybe we are? E.g. recreational drugs, video games, 2) business practicality - what would the upkeep costs be of keeping someone in an experience machine, and how would you charge and/or collect fees for it from someone in the machine? | |
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| May 10, 2020 at 2:09 | history | asked | Spencer Lutz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |