Do dreams have value as a means by which to pursue knowledge or are they simply our brains correlating things we have already learned with knowledge coming occasionally as an accident of things we've already learned?
>>38270273allegedly a lot of tangible ideas come from dreams, theory of relativity is one I've heard of. Apparently Einstein dreamt that shit up. I've never had anything that I've dreamt help me or lead me into building/creating something so I don't know myself. I'm also too dumb to even understand what the theory of relativity really is so that could be why. If i had to guess i'd say it probably has something to do with how smart you are, if you're smart enough you'd be able to get ideas from dreams and turn them into something real, and if you're not, like me, you just end up waking up and thinking the whole week about what the fuck that weird dream was about and never coming to a conclusion just to forget about it in due time. Something i've noticed with dreams personally is that they happen more regularly if I take a nap during the daytime, maybe give that a shot if you want to dream more regularly. Goodluck on your quest for knowledge OP
Yes because types of dreams are not all the same. Some dreams I believe are much like you suggested with the second point but some are distinctly different in character, more like visions. People have brought back information and inspiration that manifested as inventions, works of art and society-shaping endeavours all throughout history
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