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So by their theory blind people don't need to sleep? Total bullshit.
by EugeneOZ 6y ago
So by their theory blind people don't need to sleep? Total bullshit.
- nhumrich 6y agodont need to _dream_. The article is about why we dream, not why we sleep.
- EugeneOZ 6y agoand? Still total bullshit.
- sa1 6y agoTheir theory says nothing about sleep, except that your visual cortex isn't receiving any input. You're making a mistake in conflating dreams and sleep.
- EugeneOZ 6y agoYou and they making a mistake saying that blind people should not see dreams. I wonder how such an idiotic idea reached the HN at all. It's Daily Mail level. People see dreams not every time they sleep, not every night, sometimes we can have multiple nights without dreams. By this moronic theory our “visual cortex” should be modified to “blind mode” just in the first night of sleep without dreams. Articles containing words “Mother Nature” are only good for religious organizations, homeopathy lovers and other imbeciles.
- silverpepsi 6y agoI would recommend rereading the article, your reading comprehension wasn't up to par to tackle it in one pass. Also you're assuming a TON of things that were never suggested. Jumping to conclusions won't help you read what was written I'd say
- EugeneOZ 6y agoQuote where I’m wrong or don't start it. Just saying “a TON of things” without a single example is ridiculous.
- bencollier49 6y agoNo, whatever their visual cortexed had been repurposed to do would be preserved. They might dream in "clicks". But I'm inclined to disregard this theory, it's overly simplistic, and doesn't explain vast reaches of sleep phenomena.
- silverpepsi 6y agoWell, why are you implicitly insisting on the unproven theory that "sleep serves just one single purpose" - one that no one else has proposed? What if sleep is needed for more than one reason? Is the complexity of the world so hard to fathom that you throw up your hands and yell 'bullshit' on the first hint of challenge!
- EugeneOZ 6y agoLol. Please quote where I’m saying this. I never wrote that phrase you quoted in your comment. Are you trying to lie? :) Better read my words one more time: “People see dreams not every time they sleep, not every night, sometimes we can have multiple nights without dreams. By this moronic theory our “visual cortex” should be modified to “blind mode” just in the first night of sleep without dreams.” Clearly “your reading comprehension wasn't up to par to tackle it in one pass” ;)
- LocalH 6y agoBut how do you know whether you didn't dream, or whether you just don't remember what you dreamed?