Re: OT: Reality (was: Re: Atlantean)

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:

> 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".
And how could one possibly know that?

                                                       Andreas

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