two questions:
has your friennd ever had a lucid dream ???
have you ???
your friend seems to be making a lot of claims, none of which seem to be based on anything (that is, if you explained his argument accurately) but i’m all for entertaining theories, so let’s take your friend’s theory to its next logical step
who’s to say that that life isn’t itself a dream, where we just think we’re living ??? can you be sure that i myself am not just a dream character in the dream that you call your life ??? am i real or do you just think that i’m real ???
the point i’m trying to make is that if we can’t trust our perceptions in a lucid dream, if we can’t trust that when we say “i’m dreaming” inside a dream that that perception itself may be a false one, then who’s to say our perception has any worth at all if it can so easily be fooled ???
i’ve had dreams that i will call lucid–where i was conscious of the fact that i was dreaming. i’ve also had false lucid dreams that seem to be what your friend was talking about–where i was simply dreaming that i was lucid. i can tell the difference between the two. i used to not even think FLDs existed until i had one
for all i know, your friend could be right, but i don’t think that he is. my senses are all i have to experience the world (the dream world as well). if i can’t trust the only means i have of experiencing the world… then what’s the point ???