Well, what's the defention of a Happier life? Does that mean it's a perfect world or simply one with less bad? Either way, I would decline. If it's a perfect world, my feelings can be summed up as such:JC175 said:If you had the chance to be plugged into a computer that would simulate a world for you, identical to the real world, except it can make you happier than ever possible in reality, would you take it? Or would you prefer to keep your autonomy in sacrifice for the unhappiness and other emotion that comes with normal life? Discuss.
And also, if you are in a "perfect world," meaning one with only happiness and no pain or sorrow, how would you be able to tell? After all, we define what makes us "happy" and "sad" by constantly comparing and contrasting the two. It's like that one saying: "You can't have shadows without first having light"Sion_Barzahd said:I like my autonomy, but if i had a world simulated to bring me absolute bliss, i would get severely bored.
Also, if it's just a happier life, meaning less bad and more good, I'd rather keep it real (no cheesy-line intended). I would feel weird being in some computer just for something I could probably work for on my own. I suppose if I had a different life (such as a starving kid in Africa or a poverty stricken fellow in some third-world country) then I might do it, but for my life here, I'm good.