prase comments on Being Wrong about Your Own Subjective Experience - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 25 April 2011 02:27:38PM 2 points [-]

That would distinguish the hypotheses

Watching lots of black and white movies directly causes dreams to lose colour.
Knowing that all movies are black and white corrupts one's memories about one's dreams.

But it will not decide between

Watching lots of black and white movies directly causes dreams to lose colour.
Watching lots of black and white movies directly corrupts one's memories about one's dreams.