Re: OT: Reality (was: Re: Atlantean)
From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, January 13, 2004, 1:19 |
Amanda Babcock wrote:
> It doesn't change the way you have to behave? Are you kidding? When I
> become aware that I'm dreaming, I know I can behave in any socially
> unacceptable way that I want, because I'm never going to see *these*
> versions of these people again. And if it's one of those frustrating
> dreams where I keep trying to wake up but it just won't take, I do :)
>
> Kind of like Groundhog Day.
Sure, but that's not what Christophe was talking about. This is a case
where you can avoid the consequences of your actions. If reality is, in
fact, a hallucination, it doesn't change the fact that you can't change
the hallucination. You can't avoid the consequences of your actions by
"waking up".
--
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you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." -
overheard
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