Would You Opt for a Life with No Pain?
2015
Imagine if you could plug your brain into a machine that would bring you ultimate pleasure for the rest of your life. The only catch? You have to permanently leave reality behind. Hayley Levitt and Bethany Rickwald explore Robert Nozick’s thought experiment that he called the Experience Machine.
This TED-Ed lesson was developed by Hayley Levitt and Bethany Rickwald with animation by Avi Ofer.
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Would You Opt for a Life with No Pain?
Source:
Rickwald B, Levitt H. Would You Opt for a Life With No Pain? TED-Ed 2015; Nov 17. https://ed.ted.com/lessons/would-you-opt-for-a-life-with-no-pain-hayley-levitt-and-bethany-rickwald