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

I believe that when sensations reach us in waking life, they reach us through the electric signals, which can then be seen as set of vibrations. So to put sensations in the same category as vibrations, then all the mind has to do is mimic the vibration/electric signal to create the accurate sensation. That makes sense as to why the mind can create realistic sensations even if they have not been experienced before because it is merely electric signal that is being mimicked.

Originally Posted by elucid

I believe that when sensations reach us in waking life, they reach us through the electric signals, which can then be seen as set of vibrations. So to put sensations in the same category as vibrations, then all the mind has to do is mimic the vibration/electric signal to create the accurate sensation. That makes sense as to why the mind can create realistic sensations even if they have not been experienced before because it is merely electric signal that is being mimicked.

... what.

Originally Posted by elucid

I believe that when sensations reach us in waking life, they reach us through the electric signals, which can then be seen as set of vibrations. So to put sensations in the same category as vibrations, then all the mind has to do is mimic the vibration/electric signal to create the accurate sensation. That makes sense as to why the mind can create realistic sensations even if they have not been experienced before because it is merely electric signal that is being mimicked.

That's gibberish, mate. Vibrations have nothing to do with the way your nervous system delivers the information regarding pain. And even if we take out the vibration stuff, your mind, or rather your nervous system, wouldn't be able to mimic the messages needed to feel a certain type or amount of pain unless you've already felt that paint. Even if you had felt that pain then attempting to accurately remember or mimic it would most likely be pretty hard.

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Having said that, if you could either be really lucky and get the sensation, or your interpretation of the sensation, right or you could be extremely empathetic and thus able to interpret it properly.

I suppose we'd need to have a lucid dream, cause ourselves a certain amount of pain or cause ourselves to experience a certain sensation, then replicate it in our waking life and see if the two feelings were the same.

Can you imagine what something feels like? I don't know about other people, but based on past experiences that seem similar, or what other people have said, I can almost vividly imagine a sensation.
A lucid dream is a lot like this, I think, in terms of things you haven't experienced.
Yes, the sensation in an LD may be innacurate, but if you can make an informed guess in your waking life, your dream self will be able to mimic what you think it would be like.