Time compounding & shared dreaming: Possible?
The idea behind the movie Inception blew my mind. Truly a masterpiece. I loved it. But the more I analyzed the movie, the more doubtful I became about the concepts. I let my thoughts bake for a few days before writing it down. Here they are.
I agree that time slows down inside a dream. Now when a person goes into a dream within a dream, how is time compounded? He/she is just imagining a second dream within the first dream. Time slows down in the first level because the processing is carried out by the brain which exists in reality but in all the deeper levels, the processing is done by the same brain which exists in reality. The "brain" in all the deeper levels are imaginary.
The deeper levels should, in my opinion, be perceived by the dreamer as a continuation of the previous dream. The narrative and the environment might change but the perception of time cannot change.
Regarding the argument that the perception of time within a dream is imaginary and can be changed, why is it that the dreamer has to go into another dream to slow down time? Can he/she not imagine time slowing down (since time is imaginary) within the first dream itself? Yes, I'm thinking in terms of the "There is no spoon" philosophy.
Another question I have is regarding shared dreaming. The brains of different people have different processing powers and therefore will perceive time differently within a dream. How is it that they can be brought in sync inside a shared dream?
The first level dreams could perhaps be brought in sync by controlled electrical impulses or measured doses of chemicals used in the sedatives. It is probably taken care of using the devices that connect the people together during shared dreaming.
Now, since I argued that the deeper levels are imaginary, how is it possible that within a dream, two or more people can be connected together to produce a shared dream of a deeper level? All the chemicals/sedatives/gizmos within a dream are imaginary, right?
Did I make sense or not? Oh, wait... Did you read the entire passage or just this last line?
1 comments