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Why when you're dreaming you don't know you're dreaming but when you're awake you're sure you're not dreaming? (www.startpage.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

For me it's two things:

  1. In a dream I seem to have some ability to force myself to "wake up" if I really want to. I haven't seriously believed I could do that when I'm awake, but who knows - maybe being awake is just a much more convincing dream.
  2. Sometimes when I'm dreaming there are weird enough things happening that I do suspect that I'm dreaming.
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I know when Iโ€™m dreaming. Like if I question my state of awareness I can tell that Iโ€™m dreaming.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, my dreams are like.... Low bandwidth while real life is like a lot of raw data. Often my dreams have a clear storyline or a punchline at the end. Also intuitive things work fine in dreams but non-intuitive ones does not like light switches wouldn't work unless it is connected to the story or it has the main focus.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago

Because of the way that it is.