| name | value |
| location | L’s car |
| date | 2025-04-26 |
| dateFormat | Do MMMM YYYY |
#thought_experiments My point being, what if Mary dreams.
L: it still doesn’t make up the full experience. Also if it is something Mary spends her whole being learning about, and now if she dreams about it, wouldn’t it male her want more to see it in real life?
Me: but my dreams are like real life experiences.
L: what did you feel when you saw the osmanthus tree? During the whole process?
Me: I just wanted to cry.
L: would it be the same if it were only a dream?
Me: at this moment remembering it, I actually can’t find a clear quantifier to tell this piece of memory from a dream. It could totally have been from a dream. And going back to that moment, living in the exact moment, how could I be so sure that it wasn’t a dream? Most of the time when I am in the middle of dreaming, I actually don’t know whether it is a dream or reality. So what makes it “real” and subsequently more significant then?