[HN Gopher] Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamer...
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       Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM
       sleep
        
       Author : kasperni
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2021-02-18 21:11 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | cercatrova wrote:
       | Lucid dreaming is awesome. I think if we can make it doable for
       | the common population without needing to practice the various
       | methods, it'll be just like how it's shown in the movie
       | Inception: people spending all their time dreaming in a fantasy
       | world. It's the ultimate VR because whatever you think, the mind
       | will create.
       | 
       | The level of detail is just insane. I once stopped to examine a
       | flower and it was as detailed as real life. I ate sushi and other
       | foods in a dream and it was literally the best tasting sushi I
       | (n)ever ate. I could also give myself super powers like stopping
       | time, flying, elemental manipulation, etc.
       | 
       | It's ridiculous how much power there is still to be harnessed.
        
         | smogcutter wrote:
         | There's an old Fred Pohl[1] novel (I forget the title) where
         | this is a plot point. A time traveler finds himself in a post-
         | scarcity utopia, but everyone's wasting away spending all their
         | time in the "dream theater".
         | 
         | Fun little book, but firmly a pulp: the lucid dreaming scene is
         | _really_ raunchy.
         | 
         | [1] Edit: Maybe Poul Anderson. It's been a while.
        
         | oarsinsync wrote:
         | > I think if we can make it doable for the common population
         | without needing to practice the various methods
         | 
         | Besides simply searching on google for how to lucid dream, do
         | you have any specifics on the various methods and/or any tips
         | on how to get started?
        
       | kasperni wrote:
       | A short documentary follow up:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M06fJxiayo
        
         | sghiassy wrote:
         | Nice
        
       | arikr wrote:
       | Is it who we think of as the 'participant' responding, or is it
       | just a subconscious reflex, like the way our knee responds to a
       | reflex test? And, does that matter?
        
         | compscistd wrote:
         | It seems like the participant since they have to proactively
         | signal they're in a lucid dreaming state with deliberate
         | sweeping eye movements (LRLRLR) before answering questions.
         | 
         | It definitely matters because it implies we are consciously
         | aware of ourselves during lucid dreaming but _we're asleep!_.
         | The memory of the dream is the only part that's fragile. It's
         | another blow to the view that brain activity during REM is just
         | randomly firing neurons rather than a creation of our
         | consciousness.
        
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