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255. David Chalmers — Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy

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The Difference Between Reality and a Dream

The difference between reality and a dream, that at some point the reality sticks around and the dreams fade? Yes, that is one very big difference. The realities are stable verasa dreams ore not although maybe you can have a very stable dream. And i guess inception, ah, the movie, illustrates this to some pretty it got some pretty stable dream realities, although not that stable. They still tend to,. they still tend to wobble and crash when, maybe when someone starts too ave to wake up. If it spins too long, maybe you're still, you're still dreaming. But even if you had aVery stable dream, a dream is still a product of your own mind

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