What is the difference between dreams and reality?

[RagnaToad]

Have you ever felt pain in a dream that is comparable to 'real' pain?

That doesn't make sense.

You only know that the pain isn't real once you wake up. DURING your dream, you might be in agonising pain too.

It's all relative.

[Alpha]

You only know that the pain isn't real once you wake up. DURING your dream, you might be in agonising pain too.

You can't say you have felt pain with the same intensity in a dream as in reality? Compare getting a 'real' burn with any 'dream' pain. Plus, real pain doesn't go away in an instant (generally) and has lasting impacts. For a dream, you just need to wake up. Ergo, it can't be real.

[RagnaToad]

You can't say you have felt pain with the same intensity in a dream as in reality? Compare getting a 'real' burn with any 'dream' pain. Plus, real pain doesn't go away in an instant (generally) and has lasting impacts. For a dream, you just need to wake up. Ergo, it can't be real.

Why are you comparing 'real' pain to dream pain?

I mean, in your dream, you don't know it's not real.

If this world would be a dream, and you woke up tomorrow, all the pain you have felt in your life would be fake too.

Or is it not a relative but an absolute thing? Like the pain in this world is too bad to be fake?

(But even then, you might think the same thing in a dream.)

[Alpha]

Or is it not a relative but an absolute thing? Like the pain in this world is too bad to be fake?

Yes, and the fact that I can't say I've ever felt much pain in a dream. Have you?

The existence (dream or reality) that has the greatest level of sensory experience (pain is the most obvious, but smell, taste, etc. can be included) to me, must be more real. I suppose I can't say that reality isn't a dream, but the concept of such a detailed dream, filled with intense sensory experiences, is plainly absurd.