I remember something similar being mentioned in a podcast by Huberman, that dreams serve to get used to stuff that we fear, in a nutshell. Maybe not directly stuff that we fear, but maybe stuff that makes us uncomfortable? Dreams are a way to teach us stuff that seem essential to us but we found them uncomfortable to face.
Interesting research topic by the way. I will take a look at your paper.
Doesn't apply to all the crazy shit some people dream of, as well as sex dreams or simple recollections of events or when the brain dreams in code or practices language skills or works on the integrity of your novels characters and the situations they get in.
Dreams don't serve any function at all, they are simply visualisations of brain cells (entire networks) firing in different regions, some of which activate the active processing of touch, smell, sound, taste, vision, and whatever the hell all those 'gut feelings' are, intuition, premonition, even deja vu and the feeling that comes with insights in retrospect.
Your brain winds down, disconnects from the party chat, closes the HUD, turns off most sensors, changes the voltages in brain regions and throughout the entire CNS to do all the shit on the running to do list of the day, week, month, year ( think old injuries or unsolved problems ) that it couldn't do because "it had it's hands full" balancing you on two feet and making sure you move properly through space-time and abide by the law of permanence.
Cells which are wired together, fire together and vice versa.
OP I like you. You are a refreshing voice in the current tech jungle. I think your post clicked for me and made me think about my projects/ideas and how to approach them.
So, thank you I guess. I would like to see more of your stuff and your approaches.
Omg, the boulder thing is something that happened to me a lot when I was a kid. Then it stopped for many years and then at some point I could do it again. I don't know you can make it happen. It scares me a little bit to tell you the truth. If it happens now days I try to shake it off.
This is a great idea and I think I heard a few good ideas and even thought of my self a few, about how Reddit could be more profitable. Which is weird, why they went with the API model. It's really suspicious. It's like they want to raise its value fast and dump it. It really looks like the want to sell Reddit.
Better than what they are doing now risking losing 80% of traffic. I mean, blocking Google has costs, but the argument here is the gain of control and revenue makes up for it. Blocking Google is also more of a concern for smaller brands and sites, but Reddit is probably Facebook/Instagram level of users (at least in the US). Most of reddit's traffic is probably coming from retained users, shared links and social media, not random searches.
