New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming
28 points by XzetaU8 2 hours ago | 4 comments
https://archive.ph/6wKhx

redsocksfan45 11 minutes ago
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tkfoss 14 minutes ago
tl:dr "Andrillon warned against trying to harness the sleeping mind in the service of the waking world." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-024-00276-0
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metalman 24 minutes ago
There is no such thing as "should". The thing is possible, therefore humans will do it. The only question is, who is we?
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azan_ 14 minutes ago
Well, you shouldn't smoke yet people do it. I think the article posits question whether we should in similar spirit.
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econ 18 minutes ago
After two weeks I woke up and didn't notice it was German tv. Eventually after 5 minutes an unknown word came along. I still can't speak it.

When 13 i use to code till 1-2 am. In school I slept with my eyes open till 11. The information was stored and organized but I was unaware of it. I remember tests where all of the questions talked about topics I never spend a conscious thought on. But I knew all the answers. Quite the surreal experience.

Teachers sometimes wondered if I was still in the room or they just asked questions. My mind would grep the most recent chunk of speech, parse it and respond as if nothing unusual was going on. The mind raced but I talked slowly to portray the slight delay more natural.

I learned you don't want other people's bullshit in your head. It needs to be questioned first.

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