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Beware The Experience Machine

Beware The Experience Machine

And: Antonio Garcia Martinez takes the Moses Option

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Oct 02, 2021
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Antonio Garcia Martinez is converting to Judaism

Have you ever heard of the philosopher Robert Nozick’s “Experience Machine”? He wrote:

What matters other than how people's experiences feel "from the inside"? Suppose there were an experience machine that would give you any experience that you desired. Superduper neuropsychologists could stimulate your bra…

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