Question

Prove to us that, right now, you are NOT dreaming as you read this, and even as you type your response... 150 or more words please

Answer 1

• The best way I know I’m not dreaming right now is the fact that I can question my reality here right now and not have it effect anything. Reality is consistent and reliable right now and the fact that I can read the question correctly and answer to it.
• In a dream we may or may not suspect that it is a dream, but while awake, a healthy person can have no doubt that they are awake. This is not because of any logical analysis of the content of the experience, but because reality feels different than a dream.
• The thing about waking reality is that it connects with seamlessly with our memories and conceptions about how the world works. Dreams aren't like that. We may not be consciously analyzing the "realness" of reality, but it all fits together with what we expect to be happening.
• If we were born in a dreaming coma, and lived a whole life without ever waking up, there would be no expectation of realism or fantasy, not logical analysis which could lead you out into the world of your body.
• But on the other hand,you may realize how in dreams our sense of reality is disabled and we submit our attention to the most ridiculous dramas and scenarios. In dreams, we make the strangest “logical” associations that amount to no logic at all, have little say in what happens to us, do things impulsively, and never question our reality or observe ourselves.
• Because people tend to be mentally asleep while going about their daily business, they carry out exactly the same behavior. All that limits them is the stability of their physical environment.