Overcoming dream‐reality confusion using a complex numeric data generator
Alexey Chizhik
PsyArXiv May 25, 2020 preprint DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/yqf5r (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
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| Key points | Proposes a method in which a patient distinguishes dreaming from reality by mathematically analyzing complex data generated by an external object such as a computer or another person; the author contends that the data's high complexity and quantitative analyzability allow dream-reality confusion to be disentangled, and hopes this will help patients with lucid dreaming who experience such confusion. |
Abstract
This paper presents a method that allows a patient to distinguish whether a current experience is dreamt or real. The method is based on mathematical analysis of complex data that are generated by an external object (for instance, a computer or another person). High complexity of the data and possibility to quantitatively analyze it allow one to unambiguously disentangle dream‐reality confusion. The author hopes that the method will help patients that experience lucid dreaming and suffer from dream‐reality confusion.
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