Thread: If you've not felt it in waking life, the sensation in an LD is inaccurate...

Originally Posted by Walms

As oppossed to popular belief, the sensation can be accurate if you have a good understanding of how it will feel, of course it depends on what you are trying to mimic.

I'm sorry Walms, but thats total crap. And even if you do now what the sensation is like, its not likely you'll replicate it to precision in the dream.

Originally Posted by Loaf

I'm sorry Walms, but thats total crap. And even if you do now what the sensation is like, its not likely you'll replicate it to precision in the dream.

Ah, you said likely... and I said it depends on the difficulty of what you are trying, for example sex would be really difficult, while, lets say you are a surfer and want to surf something a bit bigger than in reality, would be way more accurate, obviously it won't be perfect, but it can be done to a certain extent.

Other than that, what quark said, very well put too.

Originally Posted by Walms

Ah, you said likely... and I said it depends on the difficulty of what you are trying, for example sex would be really difficult, while, lets say you are a surfer and want to surf something a bit bigger than in reality, would be way more accurate, obviously it won't be perfect, but it can be done to a certain extent.

Other than that, what quark said, very well put too.

It also depends on if you've felt it on a smaller scale before, therefore it might be more accurate. Eg. choking on a glass of water wouldn't be too different from drowning in a lake.

Originally Posted by Puffin

It also depends on if you've felt it on a smaller scale before, therefore it might be more accurate. Eg. choking on a glass of water wouldn't be too different from drowning in a lake.

That makes sense.