{"id":13602,"date":"2015-09-14T21:50:57","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T21:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yaabot.com\/?p=13602"},"modified":"2024-02-09T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:48:35","slug":"real-life-inception-is-shared-dreaming-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropymag.co\/real-life-inception-is-shared-dreaming-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Real life Inception: Is Shared Dreaming Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The first thing that may come to your mind when I mention shared dreaming is probably Inception. Undoubtedly, the movie from Christopher Nolan was fascinating. It also asked us a very interesting question – is shared dreaming possible? Or is mutual dreaming destined to remain science fiction? Before we explore the plausibility of dream sharing, it’s important to understand how dreams work in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dreams are, simply put, a series of images, ideas, or even emotions that usually occur involuntarily within the mind while we sleep. There isn’t any scientific consensus on why people dream, but we sure know when people dream. Interestingly, even though dreams are personal experiences, there’s a fascinating phenomenon called shared dreaming where two or more people report experiencing similar or interconnected dreams. Sigmund Freud suggested that dreams are a pathway to unconsciousness. He believed that the mind enters a state where some of the suppressed data in our mind came to awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our sleep is much more complex than you may imagine. Scientifically, it’s categorised into five stages.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen do people dream?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n