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Dreams are a big topic in the gemara, and sometimes one may even need to fast for them (I think the gemaras around ta’anis 14b).
However, the Cofetz Chaim writes that now, were we don’t live in shtetles, and thereby have substantial “outside” influence on a day to day basis, so dreams no longer have any repercussions in halachah.
Shlishi: I’m not entirely sure what you mean when you said “knows nothing of the outside world (which is a very good thing).”
Maybe it is like the Chinese person who sees a streimel, but I think the situation is were people are dressed appropriately, as was the OP’s and Goq’s case.
The Mythbusters completely dismantled the claim that it could have been faked.
Shlishi: I think they would be justified in staring at you to a certain extent, because that would be extraordinarily foreign. I think the main complaint is that such people do not have any justification for staring. The fact that they even have the hava aminah to say such people are not Jewish is quiet disturbing, as my impression on Judaism was that one is defined through his ruchnias not his gashmius.
I was on vacation recently and went to a hotel with a lot of people from Lakewood. I wear a white kippah sruga and there were a lot of people staring at me. I didn’t find them staring at me uncomfortable, I found the fact that they saw a reason to stare uncomfortable.
R Moshe Feinstein thought it was fine.
According to the Rishonim, there are seven wisdoms: 1) T’vunah (understanding/drawing conclusions) 2) Nature (i.e. chemistry and physics) 3) knowledge of the soul (or psychology) 4) living creatures (biology) 5) music 6) metaphysics and obviously 7) TORAH!!!
So art and literature aren’t there, but I don’t think that means they don’t qualify as chochmot. I was once curious about this topic and asked my Rebbe who said R Lichtenstein believes that these are chochmot (he got a Phd from Harvard in English) but he is very much a da’as yachid. My Rebbe pointed out that the value that one gets from art and literature can also be a form of another chochma. For example, Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73, which is one of my favorite poems, could be another form nature, though taken in a more liberal understanding of the idea.
The Rambam says in Hilchot De’ot (perek aleph, halacha dalet) that, “one should not become angry, except for a great matter that warrants anger in order that he should not do it again another time.” In the grand scheme of things, is this a “great matter that warrants anger”? Hardly…