Scientists talked to people in their lucid dreams • Hacker News Board

Re: Scientists talked to people in their lucid dreams

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Post by bemmu » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 2:04 PM UTC

thwoawayyowser wrote: post #2

Does this mean my staff could be asked to get some work done while asleep? In all seriousness I look forward to seeing exactly how much we can do while lucid dreaming. Also, what are the consequences? Does it cost you the nights rest? or could this be a life hack for getting more done in a day?

I had a boss who proudly told us that he likes to deal with work-related issues during his lucid dreams.

I thought that was a profound waste of a rare moment when you can do almost anything at all. Personally I like to fly.

Re: Scientists talked to people in their lucid dreams

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Post by kthejoker2 » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

throwaway8581 wrote: post #4

> For example, a typical question would be to ask what is 8 minus 6. A 19-year-old American man was able to respond by moving his eyes left-right, left-right — two times — to signal "2." Researchers asked the question again, and he moved his eyes the same way two times again. I’d have to read the paper but color me skeptical. Moving eyes back and forth twice while sleeping is not exactly a clear signal of anything.

Instantly thought of Clever Hans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans

Re: Scientists talked to people in their lucid dreams

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Post by jbotz » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 5:28 PM UTC

bongoman37 wrote: post #26

It is interesting to me that this is the first time someone has done this in a lab setting. I have lucid dreams and I talk in my sleep a fair amount as well. I used to be a somnambulist as a kid as well, though haven't done that in a long time though I will still kick out occasionally in my dreams. I have had reasonably long conversations in my sleep. When I was living in the dorms once my roommates were solving a ph…

My wife is a lucid dreamer, and once there was smoke in her dream and while dreaming she was worried that maybe there was a fire in "the real world", so she called me out loud asked if I smelled smoke... her voice came out strangely muffled, and her closed eyes were doing the REM thing, so I knew that she was dreaming. I told her that there was no smoke and she relaxed and continued dreaming.

So yes, we've had first hand experience that communication between a lucid dreamer and a waking person is possible.

Re: Scientists talked to people in their lucid dreams

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Post by rsaarelm » Wed, Mar 03, 2021, 8:51 PM UTC

jerrygoyal wrote: post #9

on a side note, people who do lucid dreams, how do you do it?

Wake-back-to-bed technique, google it. Standard methods of dream recall, dream journal, reality checks during day don't do anything for me. But if I wake up at 3 AM, either with an alarm clock or just psyching myself to do it, stay up for an hour or so and read something to wake my brain up a bit and then go back to bed, there's a good chance I'll have a lucid dream after falling asleep.