Experiment Forever Happy machine experiment

[Yujicel]

Let's say in a not-so-distant future, some super smart scientists invent a new, VR-like machine, that can make you endlessly happy without it getting boring ever. The happiness you experience while plugged in is endless & you can't experience pain, sadness or any other negative emotion ever. Here's the catch: once you plug in, you won't be able to turn the machine off aka you're stuck here forever. Would you tune into this machine?

 

[BurntIvoryKingcel]

Magilou lost her place as an exorcist cuz she failed this test

 

[kay']

The machine would malfunction when i enter it

 

[nice_try]

Impossible.
Happiness can't exist without Sadness.
If you only experience Happiness, Happiness will eventually become the new baseline, the new "normal".

 

[Yujicel]

Impossible.
Happiness can't exist without Sadness.
If you only experience Happiness, Happiness will eventually become the new baseline, the new "normal".

It's specified that the stimulated happiness can't get boring no matter what

 

[fullofchagrin]

Let's say in a not-so-distant future, some super smart scientists invent a new, VR-like machine, that can make you endlessly happy without it getting boring ever. The happiness you experience while plugged in is endless & you can't experience pain, sadness or any other negative emotion ever. Here's the catch: once you plug in, you won't be able to turn the machine off aka you're stuck here forever. Would you tune into this machine?

no I'd just kill myself. less risky, less scary

 

[fullofchagrin]

besides I'm not in pursuit of happiness. i just want an escape from the pain

 

[nice_try]

It's specified that the stimulated happiness can't get boring no matter what

Ok.

Here's the catch: once you plug in, you won't be able to turn the machine off aka you're stuck here forever.

Do you mean forever in like "until you die" or forever in "forever"?

 

[Yujicel]

besides I'm not in pursuit of happiness. i just want an escape from the pain

I guess the machine would just put you in a dreamless coma instantly

 

[BurntIvoryKingcel]

Impossible.
Happiness can't exist without Sadness.
If you only experience Happiness, Happiness will eventually become the new baseline, the new "normal".

this was a hypothetical experiment made by some known philosopher. the point is that u will be "happier" in the machine 100%. Just take OP's word for it happiness is a non-issue when plugging in. those who don't plug in probably have a strong desire for their life to be "real" since they actually care about helping others or some shit. it's an experiment meant to gauge how many of us are hedonists.

"Nozick describes a machine that could provide whatever desirable or pleasurable experiences a subject could want. In this thought experiment, psychologists have figured out a way to stimulate a person's brain to induce pleasurable experiences that the subject could not distinguish from those they would have apart from the machine. He then asks, if given the choice, would the subject prefer the machine to real life?

Nozick also believes that if pleasure were the only intrinsic value, people would have an overriding reason to be hooked up to an "experience machine", which would produce favorable sensations".

 

[Yujicel]

Ok.

Do you mean forever in like "until you die" or forever in "forever"?

I guess until you die, but if you can suspend your disbelief enough, "forever" forever

 

[nice_try]

I guess until you die, but if you can suspend your disbelief enough, "forever" forever

I would never plug myself into eternity, so "until I die" would be the better alternative.

this was a hypothetical experiment made by some known philosopher. the point is that u will be "happier" in the machine 100%. Just take OP's word for it happiness is a non-issue when plugging in. those who don't plug in probably have a strong desire for their life to be "real" since they actually care about helping others or some shit. it's an experiment meant to gauge how many of us are hedonists.

"Nozick describes a machine that could provide whatever desirable or pleasurable experiences a subject could want. In this thought experiment, psychologists have figured out a way to stimulate a person's brain to induce pleasurable experiences that the subject could not distinguish from those they would have apart from the machine. He then asks, if given the choice, would the subject prefer the machine to real life?

Nozick also believes that if pleasure were the only intrinsic value, people would have an overriding reason to be hooked up to an "experience machine", which would produce favorable sensations".

I hate hypotheticals with a passion. Hyptotheticals are useless and nobody can accurately say what they'd do in a sitiuation they aren't actually faced with.
The "experiment" itself is whack, because the answer will be highly influenced by what kind of life somebody is living. Incels obviously will choose the machine 100% of the time because their life completely sucks while people who live a happy life won't.

 

[HeinzKell]

It's hard to engage with a hypothetical that's so broad. I'm feeling like it's a no, I'm not sold on the "forever" factor

 

[BurntIvoryKingcel]

I would never plug myself into eternity, so "until I die" would be the better alternative.


I hate hypotheticals with a passion. Hyptotheticals are useless and nobody can accurately say what they'd do in a sitiuation they aren't actually faced with.
The "experiment" itself is whack, because the answer will be highly influenced by what kind of life somebody is living. Incels obviously will choose the machine 100% of the time because their life completely sucks while people who live a happy life won't.

it's also an automatic no for religious ppl who would fear getting punished for evading God's ordained trials.

 

[Emba]

The machine would malfunction when i enter it