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Or to 'entertain'/'occupy' the still operational brain-cells during the flushing period (like tv shows and movies during long flights or dialysis).
by metasean 11y ago
Or to 'entertain'/'occupy' the still operational brain-cells during the flushing period (like tv shows and movies during long flights or dialysis).
- Terr_ 11y agoBrains are metabolically costly, if it were frivolous is probably wouldn't happen. I'd wager it's more like keeping an engine idling because it's less expensive/dangerous than turning it all the way off and restarting it.
- Retra 11y agoFrom what I've read, the brain partially 'compartmentalizes' it's communications at regular intervals, and dreaming is what happens when this process finishes: the different compartments start communicating, synthesizing multiple independent thought processes into a cohesive whole. (Which would explain why they can be seemingly random and also relevant of recent events.)