That’s the bottom-line answer from the latest social science research into the field.
We may still not know WHY we dream, but as to what dreams mean?
Well, the research tells us our actual emotional state, beliefs, biases, etc. lead us to determine in advance of any “interpretation” which dreams we consider important and/or true, and which ones we don’t.
Anyway, this is the final nail in the coffin of Freudian, pseudo-Freudian and Jungian dream interpretation.
This is a slice of my philosophical, lay scientific, musical, religious skepticism, and poetic musings. (All poems are my own.) The science and philosophy side meet in my study of cognitive philosophy; Dan Dennett was the first serious influence on me, but I've moved beyond him. The poems are somewhat related, as many are on philosophical or psychological themes. That includes existentialism and questions of selfhood, death, and more. Nature and other poems will also show up here on occasion.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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