The Paranormal (Where is it now?)

by dhw, Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:05 (5775 days ago) @ George Jelliss

DHW: I find very little to disagree with in George's post, and in particular I agree completely with his account of the causes of most dreams. There is one paragraph of false premises, however: [Quoting George:] "The idea that there has to be a reason for having a dream, or that all dreams predict subsequent events or match reality in some way is a bias of those who favour the reality of paranormal occurrences." So far as I know, nobody on this site has mentioned any such idea. - GEORGE: But it was DHW himself who wrote: That seems a strange reason for having a dream. - We humans have evolved a wonderful capacity for misunderstandings! The section of the original exchange that led to my comment was as follows: - DHW: The little boy dreamed of something he could not possibly have known beforehand.
GEORGE: That's because he didn't know it beforehand.
DHW: That seems a strange reason for having a dream. - It was meant to be a joke! I guess I'll never make into our humour section.