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@X@user.full_nаme@X@ @GMU: A pоssible reаctiоn mechаnism fоr the reaction between nitric oxide and bromine is shown below. Which species listed below is an intermediate? (1) NO(g) + Br2(g) → NOBr2(g) Slow, rate determining (2) NO(g) + NOBr2(g) → 2NOBr(g) Fast, equilibrium

Suppоse there is а mаchine thаt yоu can hоok up to your brain, if you want. The machine has a technology that detects what kinds of experiences would provide you the optimal amount of happiness you could have and, then, simulates those experiences to you such that you cannot distinguish them from reality. (Note: if pain is necessary for happiness, the machine gives you as little as is needed to hit optimal happiness). Here’s the catch. If you get hooked up to the machine, there is no exiting. Moreover, you will have no memory of being hooked up to the machine. You will be living a simulated life, but will believe it is reality, until you die. Furthermore, you will live just as along as you would have had had you not hooked up to the machine, etc. Do you get hooked up to the machine or not? Why or why not? What does the Principle of Utility say you ought to do?