I should probably have mentioned what happened the day after my previous comment on this post, but was worried I was getting annoying.
I decided to test the teleportation method I used in dreams while awake, fully realizing that this was a very silly idea.
At first, I selected a destination that would be distinct enough from where I was at the time. With the target as a mobile home, and me in a place with a solid foundation, all I had to do was take one step to be convinced it hadn’t worked. I then decided to try a destination more similar to my actual location. Such a destination quickly came to mind, and I moved to the place I considered most similar (the hallway). Though I couldn’t help but go over in my head all of the little details that gave away how different the two locations were in spite of this; acoustics, differences in the rooms that would be clear as soon as I left the hallway, and especially the ambient odors.
Thoroughly primed to expect nothing, I stepped out of the hallway… and experienced genuine surprise as to where I was. It seems that, even though I was focusing on everything against me confusing the two places intellectually, the part of my brain aware of the setting had been convinced I was already at the destination! I’ve actually tried self-deception regarding setting in the past (more so around ages 12-13), without any success; that tearing the idea apart in detail somehow actually made it work was surprising, and something I kinda wish I could design experiments for and actually find some use for.
Improving my updating on priors regarding setting in dreams has been less exciting. I’ll need to try and remember to ask myself about the setting and how I got there if ever I find myself wondering.
I should probably have mentioned what happened the day after my previous comment on this post, but was worried I was getting annoying.
I decided to test the teleportation method I used in dreams while awake, fully realizing that this was a very silly idea.
At first, I selected a destination that would be distinct enough from where I was at the time. With the target as a mobile home, and me in a place with a solid foundation, all I had to do was take one step to be convinced it hadn’t worked. I then decided to try a destination more similar to my actual location. Such a destination quickly came to mind, and I moved to the place I considered most similar (the hallway). Though I couldn’t help but go over in my head all of the little details that gave away how different the two locations were in spite of this; acoustics, differences in the rooms that would be clear as soon as I left the hallway, and especially the ambient odors.
Thoroughly primed to expect nothing, I stepped out of the hallway… and experienced genuine surprise as to where I was. It seems that, even though I was focusing on everything against me confusing the two places intellectually, the part of my brain aware of the setting had been convinced I was already at the destination! I’ve actually tried self-deception regarding setting in the past (more so around ages 12-13), without any success; that tearing the idea apart in detail somehow actually made it work was surprising, and something I kinda wish I could design experiments for and actually find some use for.
Improving my updating on priors regarding setting in dreams has been less exciting. I’ll need to try and remember to ask myself about the setting and how I got there if ever I find myself wondering.