Tag: Dream
-
Less wired, more weird.
I don’t talk about it much here anymore, but I’m still enthusiastically exploring alternate deep routes. Trying to grok the suchness of life. For example, here are my current views on a range of anomalous phenomena rated from 1 ( exceedingly unlikely) to 10 (exceedingly likely verging on veridical). Of course, this is a high-level,…
-
Do jumping spiders dream spider dreams?
Scientific American is reporting on the research of behavioural ecologist Daniela Rößler into the sleep behaviours of jumping spiders. After first observing that these spiders would occasionally hang motionless (and presumably asleep) on the ends of their silk threads, Rößler noticed something interesting.From time to time they would display a distinct twitching. Hmmm, she thought,…
-
Are the people you meet in your dreams actually conscious?
OK then. You are dreaming. And you meet this woman.She has a conversation with you, and then she suddenly points across at a mountain you had not noticed up until that very moment. The question is: Who is controlling the behaviours of this dream woman? Why did she suddenly point? Is a part of your…
