On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, John Cowan wrote:

> William D Clinger scripsit:
>
>> In P K Dick novels such as "The Man in the High Castle"
>> and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the character
>> does not *know* his universe is real or unreal.
>
> Neither do I.  After all, I've had experiences of unreal universes (in
> dreams) that I did not know were unreal at the time, and it's possible
> that "real" is a relative term.  In particular, it may be that when
> I die I'll have the same experience I have when waking from a dream.
> Or perhaps not.
>
> (Hat tip to Raymond Smullyan.)
>
>

I think you're all butterflies.  (Apologies to Lao Tzu)

-elf

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