Is Pleasure The Secret to a Good Life? | Thought Experiment: The Experience Machine
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- Creator
- PBS Idea Channel (Channel)
- Watched
- 2016-10-27
- Published
- 2016-10-27
- Category
- Education
- Duration
- 11m 0s
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- education hednosim hedonist idea channel kornhaber brown life mike rugnetta pbs pbs digital studios pbs idea channel pleasure robert nozick the experience machine thinking thought experiment veritasium vsauce youtube
Description
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Think, Cypher eating that juicy steak in The Matrix…... Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com In this episode we’re gonna talk about a philosophical thought experiment concerning simulated experiences. But before we do that… How you doing? Really. Tell us. We wanna know. Really. Dig deep. We don’t care about your DAY… We wanna know if you’re having a good LIFE? What even ... MAKES ... a GOOD life? It’s a tough question, so… here’s some guidance: is a good life… having lots of pleasurable experiences? Is that the best situation? Hedonism is a philosophy that argues a good life is one filled with pleasure and this ties directly to the thought experiment on today’s agenda: Robert Nozick’s Experience Machine. Nozick asks, If you had the option to hook yourself up to a machine that gave you the experience of whatever pleasure you wanted, would you do it? Would you LIVE inside this machine? The true hedonist would say yes… but is a life filled with simulated pleasure really what makes a good life? Let us know what you think in the comments below! This episode was co-written by Olly from Philosophy Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/thephilosophytube --BOOK CLUB-- https://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/57st4n/idea_channel_book_club_borges_take_2/ --FURTHER READING ON HEDONISM-- http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hedonism/ --CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!-- http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B T-Shirts Designed by: http://artsparrow.com/ --TWEET OF THE WEEK-- https://twitter.com/theodinspire/status/789545041094205441 --ASSET LINKS-- 2:23 First look at THE VOID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cML814JD09g 2:30 San Junipero (Black Mirror) - Heaven Is A Place On Earth HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqKY9o5igAI 2:58 GoPro HERO5 + Karma: The Launch in 4K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDzYIIOYmM 3:05 GoPro: Koa Smith's 27 Second Skeleton Barrel - GoPro of the World August Winner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KM5Vnnog5w 4:32 GoPro HERO5 + Karma: The Launch in 4K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDzYIIOYmM 07:28 THE SCARIEST FUN! | Richies Plank Experience VR (HTC Vive Virtual Reality) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGSMypiRsd8 7:31 CLIMB EVEREST IN VIRTUAL REALITY - Everest VR (HTC Vive Virtual Reality) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmwoxdRU6pw 7:33 Virtual Reality - SteamVR featuring the HTC Vive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYfNzhLXYGc 07:40 Project CARS - Formula A - Imola - Oculus Rift Runtime 1.3 Steam Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6QRN6hI-Y 07:52 VR the Champions – Surgeon Simulator- Meet the Medic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-j_KnZzpuk --MUSIC-- https://soundcloud.com/montone-2/minimalist -------------------------------------------------------------------- Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)