not being able to take notes in my dreams that I could leave to my waking self
I've taken notes in my dreams on my Palm Pilot. Unfortunately, I knew they wouldn't synchronize with Memopad from this universe... But I was tempted to check anyway.
My favorite approach to AI is the introspective, phenomenological one, at the reasoning level.
I think most people don't do consistency checks very much, unlike us. In my case, I think finding absurdities leads to lucidity... of course, you don't need consistency checks in order to find out you're lucid: you can just check whether your psychokinetic powers are working. But if always want to know whether you're dreaming, I think you have to make it a habit of yours (in waking life) to try to move stuff with your mind.
I experimented with polyphasic sleep for a while when the kuro5hin article was published. Managed 3 or 4 naps a day, but it is difficult to go any further while having a full-time job. I wish afternoon naps were formalized and more socially acceptable, as they are in many countries.
Regarding lucid dreaming, you might find this dream theory intriguing. Just scroll to the end of the essay and read the last dozen or so lines.
When I sleep well, I do a lot of lucid dreaming. However, this stops whenever I suffer a long bout of insomnia, as I am right now. Taking a nap during the day is the best way to have better sleep and to get more REM sleep, which is when lucid dreaming is more likely to happen.
I think it's a big mistake that most of North America does not endorse adults taking a rest during the day as we did when we were youngsters. Besides being more rested, I used to solve as many problems during lucid dreaming as I did when I was awake, and usually the problems solved while dreaming were more challenging!
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I've taken notes in my dreams on my Palm Pilot. Unfortunately, I knew they wouldn't synchronize with Memopad from this universe... But I was tempted to check anyway.
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I think most people don't do consistency checks very much, unlike us. In my case, I think finding absurdities leads to lucidity... of course, you don't need consistency checks in order to find out you're lucid: you can just check whether your psychokinetic powers are working. But if always want to know whether you're dreaming, I think you have to make it a habit of yours (in waking life) to try to move stuff with your mind.
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Regarding lucid dreaming, you might find this dream theory intriguing. Just scroll to the end of the essay and read the last dozen or so lines.
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I think it's a big mistake that most of North America does not endorse adults taking a rest during the day as we did when we were youngsters. Besides being more rested, I used to solve as many problems during lucid dreaming as I did when I was awake, and usually the problems solved while dreaming were more challenging!
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