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The original was posted on /r/highstrangeness by /u/OkMaybe5107 on 2026-08-15 11:20:20+00:00.

Original Title: If consciousness can produce false memories, hallucinations and entire dream worlds that feel real, what experience would actually be enough to convince you that something “paranormal” had happened to you?

I’m curious where people here personally draw the line.

A strange coincidence can be dismissed. Sleep paralysis can be explained. Memories can be wrong. Photos can be manipulated. Even multiple witnesses can influence one another.

So what would it take?

Would you need physical evidence? Another person witnessing the exact same thing independently? Something giving you information you couldn’t possibly have known beforehand?

Or is there basically no experience you could have that would make you completely rule out your own brain as the explanation?