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Scape · 11-19-2003, 03:05 PM

Im not sure if this has been disscussed or not before but i recently had an interesting thought. Whoever it was that said we are living in a dream might have a good idea going.
In basic Psych 101 class stuff you learn that there are several different theories on why we dream, one of them being the, we dream to solve problems, theory. Now, I totally believe in that because ive had it happen to me. I was working on some type of construction and was stuck at a part I would go to sleep and the idea would pop into my head and it would work.
Where im going with this is, "life" can be looked at as ONE BIG problem or a set of sub problems. Things like money, survival, children, etc. And "we" live life so we can constantly go and try to "fix" these problems. Although it doesnt sound rational it makes sense to me that we could be someones dream, and we are a sub catogry of their brain working on problem solving. And perhaps when we die, and lifes problems "end" this is like the wake up call. Since time is relevant to any different view point, what may seem to us as a life time can only be a few seconds to someone else.
Also, why do we then need to go to sleep? Well perhaps when we sleep because we cant solve it while we think we are awake and us sleeping is really the unconcsious of who we are being dreamt by. Also since WE can solve better when we are sleep, it makes sense that when we go to sleep its a deeper level of thought for the outside person.
Maybe its dumb, but still interesting.. we just might be living in a dream world.

11-19-2003, 03:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Scape Insane	We're living in a dream.... Im not sure if this has been disscussed or not before but i recently had an interesting thought. Whoever it was that said we are living in a dream might have a good idea going. In basic Psych 101 class stuff you learn that there are several different theories on why we dream, one of them being the, we dream to solve problems, theory. Now, I totally believe in that because ive had it happen to me. I was working on some type of construction and was stuck at a part I would go to sleep and the idea would pop into my head and it would work. Where im going with this is, "life" can be looked at as ONE BIG problem or a set of sub problems. Things like money, survival, children, etc. And "we" live life so we can constantly go and try to "fix" these problems. Although it doesnt sound rational it makes sense to me that we could be someones dream, and we are a sub catogry of their brain working on problem solving. And perhaps when we die, and lifes problems "end" this is like the wake up call. Since time is relevant to any different view point, what may seem to us as a life time can only be a few seconds to someone else. Also, why do we then need to go to sleep? Well perhaps when we sleep because we cant solve it while we think we are awake and us sleeping is really the unconcsious of who we are being dreamt by. Also since WE can solve better when we are sleep, it makes sense that when we go to sleep its a deeper level of thought for the outside person. Maybe its dumb, but still interesting.. we just might be living in a dream world. Last edited by Scape; 11-19-2003 at 03:10 PM..