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is this thing going to shock my brain or what? how does it work, the site doesn't really say. My main concern is whether or not its harmless.
by cranberryturkey 3y ago
is this thing going to shock my brain or what? how does it work, the site doesn't really say. My main concern is whether or not its harmless.
- SXX 3y agoThere are already devices that detect REM and provide you with hints that you're in a dream while you asleep. This still require training and practice to use, but make it easier to get into lucid state. Hints as simple as short bright light blinking in front of your eyes or specific sounds playing. But as other comment say there is a good chance this particular device is just pseudo scientific BS.
- noduerme 3y agoFrom what I read about machine-learning-powered devices like this that were in development, in the past year, it basically is reading your brainwaves and sending mild electrical interference patterns that adapt to interfere with them on an ongoing basis without waking you up, based on its training toward (1) not waking you up and (2) patterns that are known to trigger lucid dreams. As opposed to simply shining a light on your eyelid when you enter REM and training yourself to recognize that in your sleep. Supposedly it works pretty well. That said, will it fuck with your brain to have its wave patterns interfered with whenever you go to sleep? I could definitely see legions of people getting addicted and going stark raving mad just from not being able to tell if they were dreaming or awake; let alone long-term ramifications of denying the process of natural sleep. It's still a kind of mystery why every animal on this planet sleeps and dreams, and there's an inherent hubris (not exactly absent from the copy of this website) in trying to improve upon such an essential organic process.
- cranberryturkey 3y agothat's why i returned my quest 2...i was scared i'd become addicted.