thomastem
03-29-2006, 04:55 PM
Having a slow poker week and I feel like discussing a non-poker topic today. My first time in this forum so take it easy on me.
With so many hoaxers and crackpots the field gets a bad name. There are however a few areas that intrigue me as having possibilities, typically for me the ones that deal directly with the human mind.
I personally have rare sleep events that later unfold. When I say rare, about 1-2 times per year I will have a dream, wake up immidiately with the thought "this was important remember it. If I do not wake abruptly my dreams are not remembered at all.
Growing up as a child I took them as normal and trusted them fully. Once I reached my teens I discounted them as silly and tried to ignore them. The problem is that these few dreams were 100% correct for me and I could not keep discounting them.
Unfortunately these dream have never had lotto numbers in them. Unlike the so-called psychic's for hire I'd have no personal problem cashing in. These dreams have dealt with everyday things to the house I would eventually live in to future jobs.
Now that you know my prejudice on the subject lets get back to the brain. More spcificaly the sleeping brain.
First, sleep itself would be considered odd if it weren't so natural to us. The human body has a forced ratio of wake and sleep, typically 1/3 of our life is dedicated to sleep.
Studies have shown that when we try to cheat the time we owe to sleep that our bodies and brain punish us. Further just getting 8 hours of sleep after a week of neglect does not solve the problem. The body continues to punish until you make up the hours that you owed.
Here's the first question for discussion: What is the purpose of forced sleep either from a evolution or creation standpoint?
When we sleep our brain gives off low level waves of sound that instrumentation can now measure. (I believe it is radio waves but I could be mistaken).
What could possibly be the purpose of creating and giving off "signals" while sleeping? If you heard a device was sending out a signal at certain times of the day every day like clockwork what would you think it's purpose was?
This area of paranormal imo is an area that most intelligent reasonable people can discuss. With so much unknown about the brain and with the odd things that are known about sleep alot of thought on the subject can be debated.
Further regardless of believing evolution, creation, or both in harmony, the question of why do we have to sleep is a complex question.
If we were created why did our creater engineer our bodies to need sleep as surely as we need to digest energy and drink water?
If we evolved what advantage would creatures that must sleep have over those that merely rest awake and aware?
If this subject was already discussed at length I appologize and ask if you could please provide me a link.
With so many hoaxers and crackpots the field gets a bad name. There are however a few areas that intrigue me as having possibilities, typically for me the ones that deal directly with the human mind.
I personally have rare sleep events that later unfold. When I say rare, about 1-2 times per year I will have a dream, wake up immidiately with the thought "this was important remember it. If I do not wake abruptly my dreams are not remembered at all.
Growing up as a child I took them as normal and trusted them fully. Once I reached my teens I discounted them as silly and tried to ignore them. The problem is that these few dreams were 100% correct for me and I could not keep discounting them.
Unfortunately these dream have never had lotto numbers in them. Unlike the so-called psychic's for hire I'd have no personal problem cashing in. These dreams have dealt with everyday things to the house I would eventually live in to future jobs.
Now that you know my prejudice on the subject lets get back to the brain. More spcificaly the sleeping brain.
First, sleep itself would be considered odd if it weren't so natural to us. The human body has a forced ratio of wake and sleep, typically 1/3 of our life is dedicated to sleep.
Studies have shown that when we try to cheat the time we owe to sleep that our bodies and brain punish us. Further just getting 8 hours of sleep after a week of neglect does not solve the problem. The body continues to punish until you make up the hours that you owed.
Here's the first question for discussion: What is the purpose of forced sleep either from a evolution or creation standpoint?
When we sleep our brain gives off low level waves of sound that instrumentation can now measure. (I believe it is radio waves but I could be mistaken).
What could possibly be the purpose of creating and giving off "signals" while sleeping? If you heard a device was sending out a signal at certain times of the day every day like clockwork what would you think it's purpose was?
This area of paranormal imo is an area that most intelligent reasonable people can discuss. With so much unknown about the brain and with the odd things that are known about sleep alot of thought on the subject can be debated.
Further regardless of believing evolution, creation, or both in harmony, the question of why do we have to sleep is a complex question.
If we were created why did our creater engineer our bodies to need sleep as surely as we need to digest energy and drink water?
If we evolved what advantage would creatures that must sleep have over those that merely rest awake and aware?
If this subject was already discussed at length I appologize and ask if you could please provide me a link.