The Detail-Time Conservation Law: A Structural Criterion for Distinguishing Dream from Reality

This paper proposes the "Detail-Time Conservation Law" to resolve the uncertainty in the traditional skeptical distinction between dreaming and waking. Departing from criteria based on logical consistency or physical laws, this theory posits that the authenticity of an experience is determined by the rigid correspondence between its structural details and objective time. The core axiom states that the continuity and depth of details must consume strictly corresponding objective time, adhering to an incompressible rigid ratio. Based on this, dreams are adjudged as non-existent fragments lacking temporal rigidity and causal depth, rather than parallel equivalents of life.