You make some fair and useful observations on nuances of language which I'll try to pay more attention to. I really wish that, had I said; "Glad we've estab

You make some fair and useful observations on nuances of language which I'll try to pay more attention to. I really wish that, had I said; "Glad we've established a principle and now we're just arguing over some details" it would have made a difference. But I get the feeling there is underlying hostility toward my reasonable and prudent critique of a technology, and not specifically anything to do with crazygringo's disputation. Two things make me think that. One is that immediately I was deluged with low-rent "show us proof" comments, which frankly seem childish because a cursory search on "why we dream" would turn up hundreds of results, many theories and links to experimental evidence that are widely considered common sense today. I subsequently replied with links to some of the lowest hanging fruit in recent psychology literature. The other is that a simple, sincere question designed to open up a discussion and get to the nub of the matter was immediately and tactically downvoted to -3. Does the question "why do people have nightmares?" strike anyone as provocative, sarcastic, fulminating or in bad faith? I think what happened here in this thread remains as evidence for coordinated resistance to rational enquiry and supports my case that there are elements of anti-intellectualism here on HN.