impulses which the electrodes generate in the cortex prov ide a variety of real --l ife experiences. Selection keys on the curvolounge's arm allow one to select from mill ions of stored progr There are five categories of sense programs available to the average customer. Real-time senseqs(R)are identical to living space-time experiences, like strolling along the beach. Special senses (S)are plot-programs, like old-fashioned novies or Triv dramas(these are mostly for old-timers, and sent imental ists). Extra senses(E)are specific experiences, like visiting a friend or eating abalone almandine Cosmic senseqs (C)are ecstasy-meditations during which one can experience a joyful union with Cosmic Reality. And lastly, dream senses(D) provide REM-sleep and are to be used for rest periods a minimum of four hours during any twenty--hour od of sense ex There is one other kind of sense. Occasionally PROselEC preempts private time to channel what are considered especially beneficial programs. Some educational experience is essential; after all, if left to themselves al most everyone would choose only fun-and-games senseqs (except for a masochistic 6 percent who persist in selecting self destructive senses). It is also to be noted that many senses in the R, s, and e classes are rated"X"; if a prohibited senseq is selected by a nonqualified customer, a mild impulse is channeled to the gland--control centers which in turn release chemicals which induce(for a seven-minute period only )strong guilt feelings The senseq impulses sent to the brain centers are identical in every to the electrochemical impulses which the(now-vestigial body-senses used to send to the cortex. The resulting sense--experiences, therefore, are identical(but superior, of course, in qual ity and variety to real- life experiences of the kind known before the advent of PROSElEC Question: For anyone tuned in to PROSELEC, does the real world exist? How could he possibly know, whether or not it exists? Would this PrOselEC world differ significantly from Berkeley's immaterial cosmos(with the possible exception of the X"ratings, Berkeley's Eternal Perceiver seemed little concerned with censorship) Question: What would constitute reality for a PROSELEC customer? Question: What constitutes reality for you and me? 10 His logic is brill iant and he almost succeeds. " His arguments are, strictly speaking, unanswerable, "wrote Lord Chesterfield, and Boswell duly noted that although we are convinced that his doctrine is false, "it is impossible to refute it David Hume agreed Berkeley's arguments "admit of no answer and produce no conviction Because of George Berkeley, writes Durant, "European philosophy has not quite made up its mind that the external world exists. Until it reconciles itself to the extreme probability of it, and faces the problems of life and death, the world will pass it by 11 Berkeley's system is the most extreme philosophical idealism"the Western world has produced. There is but one epistemological position--solipsism-- which is more extreme If it is a fact that we know nothing of the external world, and if Berkeley could conclude from this that the external world of matter doesn't exist, then the solipsistimpulses which the electrodes generate in the cortex provide a variety of real--1ife experiences. Selection keys on the curvolounge's arm allow one to select from mi11ions of stored program/experiences. There are five categories of senseq programs available to the average customer. Real--time senseqs (R) are identical to living space-time experiences, like strolling along the beach. Special senseqs (S) are plot-programs, like old--fashioned movies or TriV dramas (these are mostly for old-timers, and sentimenta1ists). Extra senseqs (E) are specific experiences, like visiting a friend or eating abalone almondine. Cosmic senseqs (C) are ecstasy-meditations during which one can experience a joyful union with Cosmic Reality. And lastly, dream senseqs (D) provide REM-sleep and are to be used for rest periods a minimum of four hours during any twenty--hour period of senseq experience. There is one other kind of senseq. Occasionally PROSELEC preempts private time to channel what are considered especially beneficial programs. Some educational experience is essential; after al1, if left to themselves almost everyone would choose on1y fun-and-games senseqs (except for a masochistic 6 percent who persist in selecting self destructive senseqs). It is also to be noted that many senseqs in the R, S, and E classes are rated "X" ; if a prohibited senseq is selected by a nonqualified customer, a mild impulse is channeled to the gland--control centers which in turn release chemicals which induce (for a seven-minute period only) strong guilt feelings. The senseq impulses sent to the brain centers are identica1 in every way to the electrochemical impulses which the (now-vestigial) body-senses used to send to the cortex. The resulting sense--experiences, therefore, are identical (but superior, of course, in quality and variety) to real-life experiences of the kind known before the advent of PROSELEC. Question: For anyone tuned in to PROSELEC, does the real world exist? How could he possibly know, whether or not it exists? Would this PROSELEC world differ significantly from Berkeley's immaterial cosmos (with the possible exception of the "X" ratings; Berkeley's Eternal Perceiver seemed 1ittle concerned with censorship)? Question: What wou1d constitute reality for a PROSELEC customer? Question: What constitutes reality for you and me? 10 His logic is bril1iant and he almost succeeds. "His arguments are, strictly speaking, unanswerable," wrote Lord Chesterfield, and Boswe11 duly noted that although we are convinced that his doctrine is false, "it is impossible to refute it." David Hume agreed' Berke1ey's arguments "admit of no answer and produce no conviction." Because of George Berkeley, writes Durant, "European philosophy has not quite made up its mind that the external world exists. Until it reconciles itself to the extreme probability of it, and faces the problems of life and death, the world will pass it by." 11 Berkeley's system is the most extreme philosophical idealism" the Western world has produced. There is but one epistemological position--solipsism-- which is more extreme. If it is a fact that we know nothing of the external world, and if Berkeley could conclude from this that the external world of matter doesn't exist, then the solipsist