And here I was waiting to get unplugged, or maybe finding a Nokia phone that received a call.

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    Dreaming is perception unconstrained by sensory input

    Reality is dreaming constrained by sensory input

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      Dreaming is perception unconstrained by sensory input

      That’s not really true… Dreaming is a cognitive function that is still limited by how we engage with our surroundings normally. Congeniality Blind people do not see in their dreams, and deaf people do not hear.

      Reality is dreaming constrained by sensory input

      Imo that is a bit of a narcissistic way to view reality. Reality is shared, and not defined by an individual person’s sensory input. There are natural laws that persist even if there is no way for a person to perceive them.

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        People blind at birth dream of perceiving hearing unconstrained by sensory input so yes it is true still even for people blind from birth. I have a friend who is this case actually.

        There is nothing narcissistic about it because it only proves that we are individuals with individual experience, something that everyone has been aware of for a long time, we still all operate from the substrate that is outside of out body with its brain and sensory organs.