Possible Blind Spots in the Dreamer Project

JOURNAL ANNOTATIONS
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This Journal Annotation was created for the What is The Dreamer Project? page. It expands on the question of scope by naming possible blind spots the experiment must face to remain provisional and open.

Every experiment needs its margins. Blind spots do not disqualify the work; they remind us the dream is not fully seen from inside it.

The Dreamer Project doesn’t hide its cracks. These aren’t disqualifiers but reminders: the work remains provisional, fallible, and open.

Embodiment cues. Subtle shifts in breath, posture, or nervous system states may be signs of lucidity, but we don’t yet have clear ways to track them. For now, what I plan to share are logs of lived experience.

Trauma sensitivity. Saying “this has all been just a dream” can liberate one person and destabilize another. Practices must be offered with care, grounding first in safety and consent.

Ethical spill-over. If the world is an illusion and only consciousness is real, what does that mean for climate action, justice, or harm reduction? Any felt sense of unity has to find its way into behavior, not just inner states.

Falsifiability. For this to remain a genuine creative experiment, we must ask: what observations would disprove the consciousness-first hypothesis? Otherwise, we risk slipping into belief.

Further Reading.

1. What is The Dreamer Project?

2. Project Philosophy

3. Consciousness-First Principles

4. The Creative Experiment

5. Bibliothèque: Thomas Metzinger, The Ego Tunnel — on the illusory nature of self and risks of disorientation

6. Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart — on meeting suffering with care

7. Donald Hoffman, The Case Against Reality — on perception as interface, with built-in falsifiability questions

Meta Note
This page is a living document. Last updated: Dec 10, 2025.
Connection: Extends the What is The Dreamer Project? page by mapping possible blind spots into the framework.