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Letter: Dream physics

Published 20 February 2008

From Ray Pediani

Paul Davies asks about the physics of lucid dreams (2 February, p 18). I did once become aware of falling from a tall building – at a uniform rate, not accelerating. When I hit the ground I simply carried on falling through the planet. So the tale about dying if you don’t wake up before you hit the ground in your dream is not true… unless this is all an afterlife dream…

Blackpool, UK

Issue no. 2644 published 23 February 2008

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