Nozick provided a very well-known argument in an attempt to examine hedonism, the ‘Experience Machine’, which is basically an experiment concerning simulated experiences. This machine is the ultimate virtual reality headset which creates life-like simulations that …show more content…
By plugging into the machine you would just be what Nozick calls “an intermediate blob” with “no answer to the question of what a person is like” (Nozick, 28). Your life would only consist of experiencing fake experiences with no actual interaction with other human beings; a world without relations, responsibility, love, goals and many other things that mold us into who we are as a person. Responsibility helps you develop good character, relations make you feel protected, love motivates you to be the best person you can be for your loved ones, and your goals take you forward in life. None of this is accomplishable if you spend your entire life in the machine, so it may very well be “a kind of suicide” (Nozick,