11-11-2003 23:11									#1
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Why do we dream? Do dreams serve a physical purpose or are they just the mind having fun?

	11-11-2003 23:14									#2
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Cuz sleeping would be Focking boring.

Plus, your brain has to find something to do.



Spec.

	11-11-2003 23:18									#3
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quote: Originally posted by Spec Cuz sleeping would be Focking boring. Plus, your brain has to find something to do. Spec.

That's what I am thinking. The brain works all during the day, so maybe dreaming is the brain's way of taking a vacation!

	11-11-2003 23:22									#4
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Actually the brain works during sleep as well. It has some more peaceful times, but at times, during dreams, the mind is working full throttle.

	12-11-2003 00:20									#5
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"Their function is unknown, but Sigmund Freud saw them as wish fulfillment (nightmares being failed dreams prompted by fears of repressed impulses). If a high level of acetylcholine is present, dreams occur too early in sleep, causing wakefulness, confusion and depression, which suggests a form of memory search is involved.....For the purposes of (allegedly) fortelling the future, dreams fell into disrepute in the scientific atmosphere of the 18th centruy." Take note, Whaleboy

	12-11-2003 00:29									#6
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I have prophetic dreams, as well. I recall seeing many things in my dreams.

	12-11-2003 00:32									#7
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When I worked nights I learned that sleep deprevation is caused by not reaching the REM/Dreaming stage of sleep. Thus, I eventually was able to sleep 4 hours a day and be fully revitalized because I would dream, the times when I wouldn't dream I would be exhausted.

Of course this has nothing to do with WHY we actually have dreams instead of some other point we need to reach to get a good night/day sleep.

	12-11-2003 00:48									#8
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i had a dream that i had a threesome with my girlfriend and a one night stand from a year ago...

i dont get enough sex apparently

	12-11-2003 00:51									#9
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Guys never do....Until you reach Rah's age.


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	12-11-2003 01:22									#10
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Dreams are your brain's way of telling you that you are merely a player in a play, and the director is an evil omnipotent God with a sick sense of humor.

	12-11-2003 01:25									#11
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I have neat lucid dreams.

	12-11-2003 02:05									#12
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dreaming is the defragmentation of the soul.

	12-11-2003 02:15									#13
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Dreaming sucks for the pre-fragged spawn-killed - it's more like an ex post facto memo.

	12-11-2003 02:25									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar I have neat lucid dreams.

Like what? Or should I not ask?

	12-11-2003 08:39									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel I have prophetic dreams, as well.

Same here

	12-11-2003 09:10									#16
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I try to think about a good topic before falling asleep...hoping to dream about it...but apparently my conscious and unconscious mind don't communicate...it never happens.

	12-11-2003 10:31									#17
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quote: Same here

If you ever see any casino games, lottery tickets, horse races, in your dreams...memorise them and let me know.

Dreams? I don't dream enough to be credible in the subject...it probably wouldn't help that well over half of them involve material of a sexual nature that would lend me a quick ticket to Mingapulco.

	12-11-2003 10:50									#18
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I think my dreams make me better than other people.

	12-11-2003 11:27									#19
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Its the brain concreting the information it has recently recieved or has yet to fully understand. This is how we create neural models of the world in our brain.

At least from an anthropological perspective...

	12-11-2003 12:23									#20
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so that we don't die

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	12-11-2003 12:33									#21
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quote: Originally posted by mrmitchell If you ever see any casino games, lottery tickets, horse races, in your dreams...memorise them and let me know.

Horse names are no good to you though.

Once I made a small killing by betting on a horse which name popped into my head for no reason whatsoever. Too bad I didn't bet the house.

Even if it is a coincidence, I rather like having more conincidences like it.

	12-11-2003 12:48									#22
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quote: Originally posted by The diplomat Like what? Or should I not ask?

Other than that however, I like dreaming about nuking Washington Though thats not always easy to do. For some reason my damn cat keeps saying I can't But I do anyway
It's interesting to see the landscapes I create in my semi-conscious state.