I’m one of the purely prudent hedonists you mention, and yes, I would stay in the simulated world with little hesitation. I think it’s because I don’t value “truth” or contact with reality as an end goal, but only instrumentally.
Aside: It’s kind of funny when I talk about hedonism to other people because they’re horrified when I say I would willingly enter an experience machine (in the original set-up Nozick described), or that I would be fine with wireheading. But to me, I feel no such revulsion.
I’m one of the purely prudent hedonists you mention, and yes, I would stay in the simulated world with little hesitation. I think it’s because I don’t value “truth” or contact with reality as an end goal, but only instrumentally.
Aside: It’s kind of funny when I talk about hedonism to other people because they’re horrified when I say I would willingly enter an experience machine (in the original set-up Nozick described), or that I would be fine with wireheading. But to me, I feel no such revulsion.