`Human Consciousness: Role of sleep/dreams (Humans)

by BBella , Wednesday, March 23, 2016, 19:22 (3165 days ago) @ David Turell

David Gelernter cautions sleep and dreams must be include in the mix of studies:
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> http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/45357/title/In-Your-Dreams/&u... 
> "...as I argue in my new book The Tides of Mind, we will never reach a deep understanding of mind unless we start with an integrated view, stretching from rational, methodical thought to nightmares.-> Leaving sleep outside our investigation is a good way not to see any of this. Arbitrarily hacking off one end of any natural spectrum is an invitation to conceptual chaos. There has been plenty of that in the science of mind. We must start by understanding sleep and dreaming, and go from there.
> -I fully believe this ----> David's Comment: Perhaps Freud was right after all. Sleep/dreams must be a major aspect of consciousness