How do you know that you are not dreaming right now?
My hypothesis is that when you're dreaming, certain brain functions just stop, like recognizing yourself in the mirror, or reading, or simple stuff as checking if the clock moves forward.
If that all ain't working, you're dreaming.
Also don't look at yourself in the mirror when dreaming, it's horrible.
I don't know WHEN I am dreaming.
I can move my body at will, which is never the case in dreams, I can switch context, which is impossible in dreams, and I cannot fly, which in my dreams is plain business as usual. ;-)
Dreaming is very different. Things are distorted and inconsistent, I don't know how I got there, I'm in a stupor, my perception feels subtly different.. whenever I'm dreaming even if I'm not lucid dreaming if I ask myself if I'm dreaming I'm not sure.. and that's how I know I'm dreaming. Because when I'm awake I'm always sure because there's this certain feeling to it. This stark, static reality and this hyper-consciousness.
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