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Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?

— Morpheus · The Matrix

A pale-blue armchair above a still lake, reflected in the water beneath a twilight sky and distant mountains.
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A dizzying question about certainty. If a dream feels completely real and you can't wake from it, how would you tell it from the waking world? The speaker addresses Neo directly and uses the dream to ask what actually makes something real.

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