tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post111760213817894669..comments2023-10-03T19:47:34.084+11:00Comments on Dialectic: Discussion topic - why should we choose reality?Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13986439579966977930noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1117707022836507572005-06-02T20:10:00.000+10:002005-06-02T20:10:00.000+10:00On the Club administration front, the next couple ...On the Club administration front, the next couple of weekly discussions are slated. Will try and fit this in though in the near future.MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068975650320612418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1117663818806874522005-06-02T08:10:00.000+10:002005-06-02T08:10:00.000+10:00Ah Martin, what is your problem with togas?Without...Ah Martin, what is your problem with togas?<BR/><BR/>Without having read the articles, I do concur with melbournephilosopher. If the experience is good enoug, why bother with a reality that just makes you cranky and/or sad. Sure, the things we interact with might not be 'real people', but do we (and should we) put that much inherent value on our interaction being with 'real' things and persons inSamuel Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348284792143801649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1117660473623107122005-06-02T07:14:00.000+10:002005-06-02T07:14:00.000+10:00Since it is up to me to do your dirty work ... the...Since it is up to me to do your dirty work ... the sanctioned Matrix papers are available at < http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/phi.html >. I write ‘sanctioned’ because these are the ones that Warner Bros. have published on the Matrix website. Am not quite sure of which section of Nozick you are referring to, so cannot help on that front.<BR/><BR/>Also, am not quite sure about the MHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068975650320612418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10098115.post-1117606843099093902005-06-01T16:20:00.000+10:002005-06-01T16:20:00.000+10:00I think that if I had cheap access to the Holodeck...I think that if I had cheap access to the Holodeck from Star Trek, I would do nothing but sleep with cute aliens, play tennis and program politicians to appear with devil horns and comical t-shirts.<BR/><BR/>Clearly any level of society that can build a holodeck can also remove the need to work for a living.<BR/><BR/>I would most likely punctuate this lifestyle with enormous dinner parties, held Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11384742711203790401noreply@blogger.com