Poll: Do you think Dreams can predict the future.
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Not in the way you mean.
However, the human brain is capable of making predictions of reasonable accuracy when awake, it stand to reason you could think things through while asleep.
It helps that the ones that come vaguely true are called "predictions" the ones that don't are called "dreams".
However, the human brain is capable of making predictions of reasonable accuracy when awake, it stand to reason you could think things through while asleep.
It helps that the ones that come vaguely true are called "predictions" the ones that don't are called "dreams".
No.
Dreams may subconsciously have an impact on your actions and lead you in a certain direction.
As I understand it, people have several different dreams a night. Which probably adds up to about 1000 different dreams in a year. It seems as though some of those dreams are bound to match something in reality at some point just from sheer chance.
Dreams may subconsciously have an impact on your actions and lead you in a certain direction.
As I understand it, people have several different dreams a night. Which probably adds up to about 1000 different dreams in a year. It seems as though some of those dreams are bound to match something in reality at some point just from sheer chance.
Law of large numbers, vague memory and a desire to see patterns even when none exist mean that it is very likely for dreams to coincide with later events.
So in other words no.
So in other words no.
Dreams can predict the future in the same way that clairvoyance can. The brain is a very powerful tool; the subconscious: doubly so. While not a 100% accurate prediction, a dream can contain some very strong insight into what might happen in your near future.
That's for broader situations about situations and reactions outside of your direct control. If it's about yourself, you might as well call it a "self-fulfilling prophecy" and sleep for another hour.
That's for broader situations about situations and reactions outside of your direct control. If it's about yourself, you might as well call it a "self-fulfilling prophecy" and sleep for another hour.
It's easy to point out dreams that came true whilst ignoring all the dreams that didn't. I see no way that dreams could actually predict the future beyond the normal way that you can predict the future. (I.e. You dream about seeing your grandparents because it's something you plan on doing.)
But deja vu is an interesting phenomenon. After going through a period of suffering from it almost every week, I looked up a few of the theories about why it happens. My favourite is that it's caused by what we programmers call a race condition.
These are the steps (the article writer claimed - I'm not sure on their science here) the brain takes when you experience something:
1. Store experience in short-term memory.
2. Check if anything in long-term memory matches what is in short-term memory.
3. Store experience in long-term memory.
The argument was that step 3 can sometimes happen before step 2, leading the brain to encounter a perfectly matching memory for what was just experienced. This explains the feeling that I've had the same conversation before, but not being able to remember where or when.
Even if not true, it's an interesting idea.
But deja vu is an interesting phenomenon. After going through a period of suffering from it almost every week, I looked up a few of the theories about why it happens. My favourite is that it's caused by what we programmers call a race condition.
These are the steps (the article writer claimed - I'm not sure on their science here) the brain takes when you experience something:
1. Store experience in short-term memory.
2. Check if anything in long-term memory matches what is in short-term memory.
3. Store experience in long-term memory.
The argument was that step 3 can sometimes happen before step 2, leading the brain to encounter a perfectly matching memory for what was just experienced. This explains the feeling that I've had the same conversation before, but not being able to remember where or when.
Even if not true, it's an interesting idea.
No?
I mean, maybe I've got a weird way of looking at things but which of these two is more likely:
A: All events in the world are pre-determined and cannot be changed?
B: You dream a lot of events, so if something resembles one of those events, your behaviour changes to suit your dream- like how you sometimes tell someone-else's joke without remembering hearing it?
I mean, maybe I've got a weird way of looking at things but which of these two is more likely:
A: All events in the world are pre-determined and cannot be changed?
B: You dream a lot of events, so if something resembles one of those events, your behaviour changes to suit your dream- like how you sometimes tell someone-else's joke without remembering hearing it?
I seriously doubt it. I have had some that absolutely feel as if they'd genuinely happened though.
The dream I remember the most that I thought might happen was to do with what I think was a man on his deathbed in what could be the highest room in the tower of the old city hospital with only myself and a handful of my family there. I know the view from the window and remember the decor even though I know I've never been up there and neither has anyone that I've met. Just one of those strange things.
The dream I remember the most that I thought might happen was to do with what I think was a man on his deathbed in what could be the highest room in the tower of the old city hospital with only myself and a handful of my family there. I know the view from the window and remember the decor even though I know I've never been up there and neither has anyone that I've met. Just one of those strange things.
I have had it happen to me with games, lately I was doing the new londo ruins in dark souls and I specifically remembered a dream I had with a very similar if not identical place.
It freaks me out a bit sometimes I think it's the way your brain works. Your survival instinct comes up with a similar instance that it can remember to help you with your situation. Which is why your life flashes before your eyes before you die. It's your brain trying to come up with a way out.
It freaks me out a bit sometimes I think it's the way your brain works. Your survival instinct comes up with a similar instance that it can remember to help you with your situation. Which is why your life flashes before your eyes before you die. It's your brain trying to come up with a way out.
Same goes for me. I will have a dream about doing something, and talking about a certain subject in a certain area and suddenly have a feeling of deja vu.Mick Golden Blood said:
I've had dreams in which didn't fulfill themselves until years later, and I completely forgot about them until it happened.
Time doesn't work like that.
I've experienced the sensation you describe before, one or twice. I'll admit it's very convincing.
But the universe doesn't follow a script, their's no way to peak ahead or to replay past events. Our brains are honed to find patterns and we do it very well. This is just another illusion created by our brains attempting to link previous memories to current events.
I've experienced the sensation you describe before, one or twice. I'll admit it's very convincing.
But the universe doesn't follow a script, their's no way to peak ahead or to replay past events. Our brains are honed to find patterns and we do it very well. This is just another illusion created by our brains attempting to link previous memories to current events.
