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I did think about it, perhaps more than a sane man would want to.
He could only flutter about in the dream. If, as you propose is possible, it is only in the dream that he is a man, the written passage would exist only in his dream world (since butterflies would have a hard time with the writing and all). The fact that you and I are reading it proves otherwise.
And since I'm now thinking about it again while composing this comment, it just struck me that even the proposition that a butterfly can dream he is a man, with full human cognitive abilities, does not make any logical sense since the butterfly mind would not be capable of conjuring up the complexity and understanding of a human mind. And the butterfly's brain simply does not have the capacity to produce written English, even in a dream.
i don't think YOU got it. If he was dreaming he was a man, then of course could type. Your logic could be applied to either side of the story. If he was a man, for example, how could he "float hither and thither"? think about it
Well, that sounds deep and all, but since a butterfly does not remotely have the cognitive capacity to write a passage about a dream (not to mention butterflies have hard time holding writing utensils, or pressing keys on a keyboard), the very existence of the written passage evidences the fact that the author is certainly not a butterfly. Ahem.
