Quote Originally Posted by Sageous View Post
So if a RRC is done when not lucid, a false memory that "properly" answers your questions for you is very likely -- just as a false positive is likely when a RC is done during a NLD. I am personally convinced that RC's and RRC's are not tools to induce lucidity, but tools to confirm or enhance lucidity, to be used after you sense that you are dreaming. I'm probably once again an outlier with this opinion, but I have a strong feeling it is correct.
I once put my hand up on the wall in a non-lucid dream, looking at It I noticed that I was missing fingers

My first thought "Oh crap, my reality check is faulty, I'm missing fingers and I'm not even asleep"

I put the hand in front of my face and stared at it in disbelief, thinking what am I going to do if I can't trust RCs

Then my thumb began jumping from one side of my hand to the other and back rapidly

My next thought "OK I'm asleep and I'm dreaming" (trigger) I didn't get stable or survive the void but seemed pretty effective at triggering to me once I was willing to trust the un-reality of it all.