ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

The Butterfly Dream

Okay kiddo, let me tell you a story about a man named Zhuangzi.

One day, Zhuangzi had a dream that he was a butterfly. He flew around and enjoyed the freedom and beauty of the world as a butterfly. But when he woke up, he wasn't sure if he had been a man dreaming he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was a man.

This story is called "The Butterfly Dream" and it is meant to make us think about the nature of reality and what is truly real. Sometimes things can seem so real, like Zhuangzi's dream, that we question what is actually happening.

So, when you have a dream or something seems too good to be true, remember the butterfly dream and think about what might be real and what might just be in your imagination.