I have never had a LD before, but I was wondering about something. If I decide to turn into a cat in a LD, how would I know what that is supposed to feel like. I have heard that people turn into animals and they actually feel like those animals. How would my brain know how that is supposed to feel, since I have never actually turned into a cat IRL?
The same question goes for things like swimming along a coral reef. I have seen coral reefs on TV and movies, but that's not the same as expeciencing them IRL. So then how would a dream of swimming along a coral reef feel real?
Another way of putting it: If I decide to swim along a coral reef in a LD, and then I do it IRL. Would it feel the same in both occasions, or would my RL experience feel more accurate? By accurate, I mean things like the way the water and sand feel, the way the light shimmers, and the details of the differnet types of coral. Would these things be accurate in my LD, even though I have never actually been there IRL?