Varendoncks conclusion as cited in the article: "daydreams betray preoccupations with unsolved problems, harassing cares, or overwhelming impressions [...] they

Varendoncks conclusion as cited in the article: "daydreams betray preoccupations with unsolved problems, harassing cares, or overwhelming impressions [...] they all seem to prepare some accommodation, [...] they are attempts at adaptation: such is their biological meaning". I am astonished how much more balanced this sounds compared to the ideas of his contemporaries. To a certain degree it even seems to pre-empt some very modern theories about dreaming, e.g. this one that has been discussed here recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23956715 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23956715