Last time, I invited you to think about life on the experience machine,

上节课我们谈到"体验机"中的生活
where the scientists are busy stimulating your brain

在那里科学家们通过刺激你的大脑
in such a way as to give you an exact replica from the insides

从事物表现出来的客观属性
of what it would be like having identical experiences

到人们对事物的主观认知
to the ones you would have if you were really doing--

对真实世界进行全方位复制
well, whatever it is that's worth doing.

包括任何有价值的事物
Climbing the Alps,

比如攀登阿尔卑斯山
writing the great American novel,

创作精彩的美国小说