Thread: Why is "everything", but dialating time possible in a lucid dream

Originally Posted by dms111

I don't believe time dilation is really possible in a fully lucid dream. By fully lucid I mean not only knowing it's a dream but also having a clear mind like you normally would while awake. If you are lucid and have all your normal mental faculties within the dream, you are not going to be able to mistake 2 minutes for 2 hours. Just like you won't mistake 2 minutes for 2 hours while awake unless your mind is being seriously hindered in some way. You can't be lucid and at the same time trick your mind. That's a contradiction. So dilating time in a dream would involve sacrificing true lucidity and making it more like an ordinary dream.

It's not a contradiction. You don't need a "seriously hindered mind in some way" to experience time dilation. Check this.

Originally Posted by Zoth

It's not a contradiction. You don't need a "seriously hindered mind in some way" to experience time dilation. Check this.

That's not at all the type of dilation I was talking about. I'm talking more about minutes to hours. That article looks to be about seconds and microseconds. What's described in that article is experienced by everyone on any ordinary day. We know this basic dilation exists and can be experienced in a dream. We can easily mistake one second for three seconds. Also the test subjects are not dilating time on purpose. It's not their choice it's just something that is happening to them.

But since time doesn't really exist the dilation should be able to extend to any amount of time that can be perceived. Our brains can absolutely mistake one minute for an hour, but it requires the brain to be operating under abnormal circumstances. Drugs, trauma, sensory isolation can all lead to extreme dilation.