Similar to the Matrix, Nozick's experience machine would be able to provide the person plugged into it with any experiences they wanted – like "writing a great novel, or making a friend, or reading an ...

Zu viel! Zu viel! O, dass ich nun erwachte! ~ Tannhäuser According to legend, the bard Tannhäuser, on his way to a competition at the Wartburg, was seduced by the goddess Hulda, the consort of Wotan.

In 1995, a construction worker landed on a 6-inch nail, piercing his boot. After emergency physicians injected him with sedatives and cut away his footwear, they discovered that the nail had slid ...

In his famous 1974 book Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick presents his famous experience machine thought experiment. In this thought experiment, we are asked to imagine a scenario in which ...

A guy in a black jacket and sunglasses shows up at your door one Saturday morning. He explains that there’s been a little snafu. Apparently your brain has been plugged into an experience machine and ...