Talk:264: Choices: Part 1

Megan dreams

At the parts 1 to 4 Megan is dreaming. This becomes more clear in part 4 where the clone says: "You'll forget this trip...". So the dream should be part of the explanation.--Dgbrt (talk) 11:31, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Citing from part 4:

Megan: Am I going to wake up thinking this was a dream?

Clone: This is... think of this as after the game, outside the theatre.

If she is dreaming, she certainly does not realize it!

"You will forget this trip..:" does not indicate that it's a dream, does it? –St.nerol (talk) 14:24, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

So, is Megan at our "real world" or just having a mystic dream?--Dgbrt (talk) 15:10, 2 July 2013 (UTC)

That is a false dilemma. She enters another world, which seems to be something like the afterlife. Just because supernatural or absurd things happen, we can't draw the conclusion that some main character is dreaming! Cf. 1013: Wake Up Sheeple.

Who else would probably do this if it happened to them? I have to admit I probably would, even though technically a hole in reality would be the most likely thing to kill me horribly ever. -Pennpenn 108.162.250.155 02:38, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

As I learned in science class, horizontal cracks in the universe lead to Amy Pond's bedroom. In other words, yes, I'm going through the crack. 162.158.255.69 09:17, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Surely you're more likely to be killed horribly by any of a large number of other things. 108.162.221.64 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Not necessarily! Have you ever *seen* a hole in reality? If not, that may be because such phenomena are so destructive that any universe in which they occur is destroyed in horrendous cataclysm. It is possible that the reason we do not observe holes in reality is that such holes annihilate any universe in which they occur. In such case, it could be argued that *if* such a hole existed, it would then be more (100%) likely to kill you than any other thing (heart disease: 28%). This indirectly pertains to my phobia of being killed by a meteorite: It is perfectly reasonable to fear riding in automobiles (auto accidents are the leading cause of death for ages 18-35) & they can be avoided, therefore a strong aversion to riding in autos is reasonable, not necessarily a phobia. (Off topic: Contrast with the miniscule fraction of people killed by bullets; Yet guns are considered by many to be a more serious danger than cars. In practical terms, regulating car use would save far more lives annually than regulating guns. Why? Cars are simply more common & have an absurdly high rate of criminal misuse. If any other product were dangerously misused as frequently as automobiles, that product would face severe litigational barriers or outright prohibition.) A human being killed by meteorite is exceptionally rare (so far) but cannot reasonably be avoided; In such a case what makes the aversion an unreasonable "phobia" is not the low actual likelihood of occurrence, but the futility of practicing avoidant behavior. In the case of potential risk related to holes in reality, I would guess that they fall neatly into the "incredibly dangerous & difficult to avoid" zone of this particular Venn diagram. Much more dangerous than cheese. 108.162.216.48 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)