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1 Post author: DataPacRat 25 May 2012 02:38PM

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Comment author: see 27 May 2012 04:05:55AM 1 point [-]

I find it rather amazing how many people's dreams, when they describe them, sound basically mundane, like things that could more or less happen in real life.

At least twice as a child, I actually completed homework assignments in dreams. Or at least I thought I'd completed them upon waking.

I wonder if those experiences have something to do with why I react to non-realism with such hostility.

Comment author: Sarokrae 29 May 2012 11:23:54AM *  0 points [-]

It's interesting that you say that. I've always treated non-realism with sympathy, and it took a while for the concept of "beliefs that correspond to reality" to anchor itself. It is possible that this correlates with my interesting and not-like-real-life dreams...

Not sure which way, if at all, the causation acts though.