Instead Of Trying To Prove Your Opponent

And Although It Might Be Best Of All To Be Socrates Satisfied, Having Both Happiness And Depth, We Would Give Up Some Happiness In Order To Gain The Depth.

No One Has Ever Announced That Because Determinism Is True Thermostats Do Not Control Temperature.

Suppose There Were An Experience Machine That Would Give You Any Experience You Desired. Superduper Neuropsychologists Could Stimulate Your Brain So That You Would Think And Feel You Were Writing A Great Novel, Or Making A Friend, Or Reading An Interesting Book. All The Time You Would Be Floating In A Tank, With Electrodes Attached To Your Brain. Should You Plug Into This Machine For Life, Preprogramming Your Life Experiences?...of Course, While In The Tank You Won't Know That You're There; You'll Think That It's All Actually Happening...would You Plug In?

Some Communities Will Be Abandoned, Others Will Struggle Along, Others Will Split, Others Will Flourish, Gain Members, And Be Duplicated Elsewhere. Each Community Must Win And Hold The Voluntary Adherence Of Its Members. No Pattern Is Imposed On Everyone, And The Result Will Be One Pattern If And Only If Everyone Voluntarily Chooses To Live In Accordance With That Pattern Of Community.

What Else Can Matter To Us, Other Than How Our Lives Feel From The Inside?