Inception: Was he dreaming?

Inception: Was he dreaming?

The ending of Inception was left deliberately ambiguous as to whether Cobb was dreaming or not. In an interview with the director Christopher Nolan, he stated that he believes "Cobb gets back to his kids" which assumes that Cobb was not dreaming. However, the most important thing to note is that Cobb ignores the spinning totem at the end. Nolan was trying to say that the question of whether Cobb was dreaming or not is irrelevant - what matters is that Cobb is happy to be united with his children. In the end, it may not be possible to truly know if the world we are living in is a dream or just a subset of another reality, but the most important thing is to find happiness in life.