>>25065333
Mere thought and self-awareness proves that I am awake. Sleeping removes self-awareness for the most part, which is why you get fooled

>>25065333
Because dreams are utterly unlike the waking experience.
Dream moar.

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>the frog poster has changed tactics

>>25065333
Back when I was into lucid dreaming I had a few tests I'd perform throughout the day to see if I'm in a dream. I'd do it a lot while awake just to get into the habit so that I'd remember to do it in my sleep.
The tests included poking a surface that should be solid and seeing if my finger went through, reading a body of text and then rereading it to see if it changed, and doing the same with a clock.
Reality isn't literally a dream. It only represents a dream of the world of the pure forms.

>>25065333
Pinch your nose. If you're still able to breathe through it, you're dreaming.

>>25065362
>poking a surface that should be solid and seeing if my finger went through
While lucid dreaming, I have brushed a sandstone wall with my fingertips, and squeezed the twigs of a privet hedge. Both sensations felt completely real.
Lucid or not, your dreams have rules which you are not allowed to break.

>>25065627
Works on my machine.

Impossible. Read JJ Valberg's Dream, Death, and the Self for an exhaustive examination of this question.

>>25065333
I can read your post. Reading in dreams is extremely difficult and the content usually changes if you try rereading it. Also I am typing this post, which is a finesse task that is basically impossible to perform while dreaming
Dreams aren't like movies inside your head. They're more like videogames, if anything. Extremely janky videogames with very awful controls

>>25065333
Last night I dreamt of my dead cat. Fuck my life, I could touch him and it felt so real.