From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LizR
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 6:55 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: My scepticism took a small knock today
On 10 April 2014 04:09, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
Dreams need not have any possible evolutionary justification, since their
presence or absence is irrelevant to behavior.
My dream caused this thread to come into existence, and you to make the
statement quoted above. Hence you have "refuted yourself thus!" :-)
Nice. And as has been pointed out (on this thread) a hypothesis exists that at
least in part dreams seem to play an evolutionary role. Running through threat
scenarios in a safe manner – the body in dream state is normally functionally
paralyzed. Bad dreams especially, often are – according to this hypothesis --
preparing the individual for life’s more deadly confrontations. So that when
and if the animal is faced with that kind of situation they have the advantage
of memories (whether conscious or not) experienced in the dream state.
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