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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 3980402" data-attributes="member: 7280">"Is anyone certain that their memories are reality? At least in the context of the illusion though, it helps to see. One hand clapping and all that, first you have to assume that you have a hand before you can imagine what it sounds like. I could assume that none of this is real, or some of it - but how do you wake from a dream except by dreaming?"He stops his furious flipping through the book to turn to look at her."Call it an epiphany if you will. It is not the entirety of a thing to name it and place it in the world, but it's one thing. We've all had our eyes closed for some reason, and I think it's important that we open them up just as wide as we can possibly manage."He frowns and then shrugs."Maybe it's just rationalizing. Maybe it doesn't matter even if it is rationalizing. I need to exist though, even I only exist as a fiction. I can be without knowing who I am being I suppose, but frankly that's a little deep... even for the rabbit hole.""Have you observed anything unusual about any of us, beyond the obvious? Any nonstandard pathology? Are we infectious, have fragile immune systems or anything like that? Has anyone taken DNA samples to compare with criminal databases and the like? Something like this, and I've been assuming we all have something in common unless the rest of the world outside is all wandering around with no memories as well, if someone did this to us it's likely unethical as hell - even if we're serial killers and mass murderers."He looked down at the book."Maybe I'd be better off with something more Taoist, except for the dogs. I need to know everything about the dogs...He starts flipping through the book again, looking for the names of the dogs.</blockquote>

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