Sleep is an unpredictable alternative reality with different laws of physics, nature and the world, or is it just "rest" for the brain; what is sleep for you?
Sean Carroll - Locating Yourself in a Large Universe
Last update: 3 answers
Previous questionWhy in the series Sherlock, when he was shot, wondered where to fall, forward or backward? It is important?
Next questionHow to get fat by summer?
answers (3)
Related question
Revealing the Mind: The Promise of Psychedelics
Terence McKenna Insights (Part 3)
Lessons in Game Design, lecture by Will Wright
Relational reality: Charlene Spretnak at TEDxManhattanBeach
Every day after waking up, an hour or two later, there is a slight drowsiness, what could it be associated with? I sleep 6-7 hours for sure.
This drowsiness is annoying and does not allow work for a long time, I went to a neurologist - until it helped. If I go to bed, I do not fall asleep. Every day I sleep for 6-7 hours, I wake up in most cases without an alarm clock. Most importantly, if I can sleep at lunchtime, this sleepiness di...
Answer 1
February, 2021In theomism, according to the theory of potentiality, sleep is a metaphor for eternal potentiality. Sleep in the sense of a dream, what you are asking about, according to theomism and the theory of potentiality, is a dream in a dream, like a pine in a pine.
Answer 2
February, 2021This is another striking example of how much "ideal" depends on the material. Just think, what we call "consciousness" every night turns into a mess of some vague, semi-random scraps for purely biological reasons.
Answer 3
February, 2021Personally, I adhere to a psychoanalytic view of sleep as a mental act aimed at fulfilling desires that cannot be embodied in reality. But some esoteric theories are also close to me, but I'm still too bad at this. So yes, the psychoanalytic theory of sleep is the most convincing to me right now.