What if reality is a simulated dream?

When you are experiencing a dream, you are almost never aware that you are in a dream. All your brain knows is the right here, right now. Strange situations are presented to you, but there is no questioning or reasoning behind it. However occasionally, every now and then when the conditions are just right, a brief moment of consciousness slips through and you are aware that you are in a dream. All of a sudden the strange situations become obviously abnormal, and the entire facade slips apart.

The difficulty with telling a dream apart from reality is that you need to be conscious in reality again before you can see what was wrong with it. While you are dreaming, the place you are in might suddenly change, or a person who should not be there might appear, yet your brain accepts both as a normal part of what is happening....

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