Would you plug into a machine that gives you a perfectly happy life?

What makes a life go well is how it is experienced, so a machine that guarantees great experiences gives you the best life available.

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1. Our refusal to plug in is mostly status quo bias: people told they are already in the machine often refuse to leave it.

   Stärkster Einwand (Übertrieben), aus Sicht von Stay out: a good life has to be real: Fear of the unknown might explain some answers, but it can't explain why nearly 4 in 5 philosophers, who know the bias well, still refuse.

A good life includes actually doing things, real relationships and contact with reality, which no simulation can provide however good it feels.

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1. We don't just want to feel like we did something; we want to actually do it.