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Summary Of Plugging Into The Machine Is A Kind Of Suicide By Robert Nozick

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In an article, Robert Nozick imagines a machine that would simulate experiences. A person could choose to be connected to it and choose what type of experience they would like to have and who they could share it with. Nozick claims that “plugging into the machine is a kind of suicide”. It would be a type of suicide because a person would lose free will. As a consequence, they would lose their personality, a sense of achievement, and true memories. Furthermore, they would lose all meaningful relationships, purpose, and meaning in life. A person would have no real meaning or purpose in life. Nozick asks a major question in the beginning of his article. He says “what else can matter to us other than how our lives feel from the inside?” I would
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