Of course, you could try arguing that I just dreamt that I was making conscious decisions, but that's just splitting hairs.
That's exactly what I was intimating. Some believe that freewill is a similar illusion. There is no clear way to know, except that within the restricted arena of your dreams, assuming you're an honest person, then we can ask you to dream a certain thing in advance and see if you can.
That doesn't rule out the dream being a created memory that doesn't occur until you come to "remember" it however.
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Pretty easy:
1) I was dreaming
2) I had the conscious thought "hey, this stuff doesn't make sense. I am dreaming. Wow, I am aware that I'm dreaming, even though I'm dreaming."
3) I then took conscious steps to alter my dream, for instance, stepping out of the car within which I was and flying away.
Of course, you could try arguing that I just dreamt that I was making conscious decisions, but that's just splitting hairs.
Of course, you could try arguing that I just dreamt that I was making conscious decisions, but that's just splitting hairs.
That's exactly what I was intimating. Some believe that freewill is a similar illusion. There is no clear way to know, except that within the restricted arena of your dreams, assuming you're an honest person, then we can ask you to dream a certain thing in advance and see if you can.
That doesn't rule out the dream being a created memory that doesn't occur until you come to "remember" it however.