hannahelisabeth comments on Dissolving the Question - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AlephNeil 20 May 2010 08:24:07AM *  9 points [-]

My favourite method is holding my nose and seeing if I can still breathe through it.

That's awesome.

I never devised anything as cool as that, but I did discover a pretty reliable heuristic: If I ever find myself with any genuine doubt about whether this is a dream, then it definitely is a dream.

Or in other words not feeling like you "just know" you're awake is very strong evidence that you're not.

Comment author: hannahelisabeth 17 November 2012 10:31:57PM 0 points [-]

That's exactly my method too.