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Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Opt for a Life With No Pain? Unit PlanTed: Ted Ed: Would You Opt for a Life With No Pain? Unit Plan
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TED Talks
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9th - 10th
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Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Opt for a Life With No Pain?

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Imagine if you could plug your brain into a machine that would bring you ultimate pleasure for the rest of your life. The only catch? You have to permanently leave reality behind. Hayley Levitt and Bethany Rickwald explore Robert Nozick's thought experiment that he called the Experience Machine. [4:09]

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thought experiment, experience machine, ted ed: would you opt for a life with no pain?, sensation and perception

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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