In his article “The Experience Machine”, Nozick (1974) offers a thought-experiment which people can get any experience which they desire in a experience machine. In this paper, I argue that people should not plug into the experience machine. If I have a choice to plug into the experience machine, depending on my quality of life, I may or may not enter it. In Nozick’s description (1974), the experience machine can give people any experience that they desire. For example, if a person would like to be a successful actress, she can exactly experience a two-year life of Emma Watson. Also, the experience machine has a wide range of celebrities’ experience to meet any desires from participants (Nozick, 1974). According to Nozick ( 1974, p.42), in
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Living in the experience machine means that participants miss three major things. First of all, people cannot actually accomplish something rather than just having the experience (Nozick, 1974). Let us go back to the example of Emma Watson. Living in Watson’s experience means that the participant will never become an excellent actress by herself one day. Secondly, plugging into the experience machine disallows people to “be a certain way, to be a certain sort of person” (Nozick, 1974, p.43). It can be explained as that plugging into Watson's experience means that people need to think the same way as Watson and interact with others in the same way as Watson. People cannot have their own thoughts and actions. Furthermore, the experience machine distances people from the real world and people are restricted in a man-made reality (Nozick, 1974). It can be simply interpreted as that people don't have a real life. Instead, they live in a world which is completely constructed by others, just like the famous Truman Show. According to Nozick (1974), through imagining the inexistent experience machine experiment, people understand with the exception of experience, other things matter such as truly accomplishing something, having their own personalities and living in a real
Living in the experience machine means that participants miss three major things. First of all, people cannot actually accomplish something rather than just having the experience (Nozick, 1974). Let us go back to the example of Emma Watson. Living in Watson’s experience means that the participant will never become an excellent actress by herself one day. Secondly, plugging into the experience machine disallows people to “be a certain way, to be a certain sort of person” (Nozick, 1974, p.43). It can be explained as that plugging into Watson's experience means that people need to think the same way as Watson and interact with others in the same way as Watson. People cannot have their own thoughts and actions. Furthermore, the experience machine distances people from the real world and people are restricted in a man-made reality (Nozick, 1974). It can be simply interpreted as that people don't have a real life. Instead, they live in a world which is completely constructed by others, just like the famous Truman Show. According to Nozick (1974), through imagining the inexistent experience machine experiment, people understand with the exception of experience, other things matter such as truly accomplishing something, having their own personalities and living in a real