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Short & Curly

How do you know if you're dreaming or awake?

Short & Curly

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Philosophy, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.6 β€’ 2.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Right this very moment, are you awake or are you dreaming? You're awake, right? But are you sure? Maybe you're just in the middle of a very realistic dream? Philosophers have been debating this question for centuries. And we are going to solve it today! Or are we?

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0:00.0

ABC Listen.

0:02.0

Yya!

0:04.0

Oh my gosh Molly, you just punched yourself in the face like really hard.

0:08.0

Oh, oh!

0:11.0

Yeah, well I'm trying to figure something out.

0:15.4

Momo, we've been over this.

0:17.1

If you challenge yourself to a fight, no one would win because you both have the exact amount

0:21.9

of strength and capabilities.

0:23.6

Firstly, I would definitely beat other Molly in a fight, that weakling.

0:29.2

Secondly, no, that's not what I'm trying to figure out. I'm trying to figure out if I'm awake or still asleep.

0:38.0

What?

0:40.0

Oh, Carl, let me talk you through it. I had this really realistic dream last night.

0:45.4

I was the mayor of a city called the East Coast,

0:49.0

which was a city on the West Coast made entirely of roller coasters. The buildings were roller coasters. The parks

0:58.9

had roller coasters on them and of course everyone used a roller coaster to get to school and to work.

1:07.0

And there I was the proud proud mayor of a perfect city. I said hello to people walking down the street. I made

1:16.8

my oral decisions. I was so happy. It all felt so real. Except it wasn't because then,

1:25.0

Wham, I was in my bed, not a roller coaster in sight.

1:30.0

Carl, the dream had been so realistic. You know how dreams often make no sense or jump around a lot and you wake up going, well that was weird.

1:40.0

Yeah, I had that this morning actually when I woke up from my dream about eating jam on toaster.

1:47.0

Not jam on toast, Molly. I ate jam on a toaster.

1:52.0

Right. Well, my dream wasn't like that. It was so lifelike that I woke

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