Ask HN: Ever had a lucid dream? Write about your best one A lucid dream is when you are aware that you are dreaming and then, you can control your dream. Read more: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream |
Ask HN: Ever had a lucid dream? Write about your best one A lucid dream is when you are aware that you are dreaming and then, you can control your dream. Read more: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream |
Eg, last night I had a dream conversation with Mal of the Serenity on reactor core dynamics. I became aware of the dream when he couldn't explain how part of the ship he was fixing worked. It fell apart when I wanted to figure out how ship cooled itself. My dream state couldn't support that level of control.
I then woke up and realized that thermophotovoltaic or other sort of nuclear electric system would make more sense than a light water reactor, assuming they figured out how to make that be efficient. There's still a bunch of heat to dissipate.
I should have just left the dream a dream.
If you get into the habit of keeping track of your dreams by doing something like keeping a dream journal, sooner or later you'll be able to remember to 'touch your nose' and lucid-dream at will.
I enjoyed experimenting with it for a while several years ago; it can be pretty exhilarating. But ultimately I found I wasn't feeling rested after a night of living a dream life (oddly enough) so I discontinued the practice.
My friend Jeff, a designer, had a great blog post about this.
https://www.makermistaker.com/my-first-out-of-body-experienc...