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Yeah, me too. Many of us have had dreams that were strangely prophetic, powerful, or both. I often try to think of it as the subconsciousness of the pattern mat

Yeah, me too. Many of us have had dreams that were strangely prophetic, powerful, or both. I often try to think of it as the subconsciousness of the pattern matching brain managing to piece together something that the waking mind missed or too busy or afraid to dig deeper into. But of course, it cannot explain everything. Like you said, there are sometimes dreams preceding events that simply can't be expected or explained in anyway. Yet it happened. Maybe it is a selection bias and we tend to focus on those dreams that hit the mark and forgot all about those that didn't. But still, these dreams were always too vivid for me to forget and I often forget most dreams. I can't help but think there might be something more to our dreams, even though the analytical part of my brain consistently shouts this idea down every time I think about it.

phkahler 4y ago
>> even though the analytical part of my brain consistently shouts this idea down every time I think about it. "shouts it down" sounds like some rebeliousness or anger. Might want to figure out who that's for. ;-)
- tomohelix 4y ago
  Well, who else but for me? I make a living by thinking analytically about technical matters with sound logics and clear evidence. But that part of me wants to think about stuff that is completely opposite of what I normally do. So they are mad at each other. Kinda schizophrenic, I know. But that is just human, right? Frankly, I would be more afraid of someone who never argue or debate an idea within themselves than someone who does so occasionally.
  - schrodinger 4y ago
    I think they were just making a joke on the assumption that “shouts it down” was a typo for “shuts it down.”
alchemist1e9 4y ago
I can relate somewhat to your comments. I suggest you may be describing what is called Synchronicity by Jung. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity

phkahler 4y ago

>> even though the analytical part of my brain consistently shouts this idea down every time I think about it. "shouts it down" sounds like some rebeliousness or anger. Might want to figure out who that's for. ;-)

tomohelix 4y ago
Well, who else but for me? I make a living by thinking analytically about technical matters with sound logics and clear evidence. But that part of me wants to think about stuff that is completely opposite of what I normally do. So they are mad at each other. Kinda schizophrenic, I know. But that is just human, right? Frankly, I would be more afraid of someone who never argue or debate an idea within themselves than someone who does so occasionally.
- schrodinger 4y ago
  I think they were just making a joke on the assumption that “shouts it down” was a typo for “shuts it down.”

alchemist1e9 4y ago

I can relate somewhat to your comments. I suggest you may be describing what is called Synchronicity by Jung. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity