A very interesting take on rationalizing lying, though I think that you might be over-rationalizing it (if such a thing is possible). It seems to me that such a thing can be summed up it a couple sentences: if it benefits you and those around you, it is okay. If it doesn’t, than it is not okay. Lying only to benefit yourself is unethical, immoral, and under plenty of circumstances, illegal. Honestly, you can use this as a general principle: if it is unethical, then there is an increased probability it is illegal. Now, this doesn’t apply to announcing one’s homosexuality, or to simply lying about a friend’s looks, but still...
Colombi
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Sorry for being nit-picky, but one thing here really bugs me.
I would recommend extreme caution when recording data you remember from the experience of a lucid dream. Despite the fact that you may have been conscious that you were unconscious, the fact that you were in a dream-like state could mess with what you remember. While I personally have little (okay, no) experience with lucid dreaming, It seems safe to assume that you might forget details of the dream after waking up and trying to recall it, especially if you wait days before trying to remember the dream. Obviously this is often the case in regular dreams, and while you could make the case that lucid dreams are more vivid and thus easier to remember, its still too sketchy for me to take that as evidence without being heavily skeptic.
Otherwise, well done.