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Aug 09, 2009

Why we Sleep and Dream

Here's my theory about why we Sleep and Dream. I blogged it many years ago but my theory has evolved since then so here's the latest version. The nice thing about my theory is that things like dreams and brain waves are emergent side-effects of basic metabolic strategies of individual neurons.

Aug 09, 2009 at 04:34 AM |

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Bart Nelis

I like the thinking, but don' t buy it completely .. It did lead me to other insights, though .. namely the importance of sleep

Posted by: Bart Nelis | Aug 22, 2009 at 05:39 PM

Graham Glass

Hi Bart,

What aspects of the theory didn't you agree with?

Cheers,
Graham

Posted by: Graham Glass | Aug 22, 2009 at 05:41 PM

Joni Auvinen

Interesting theory, gotta say that since i'm not a neurologist I can't sign all this but it sounds very logical. One question though: When you say that you believe that it's ALL that there is to it do you really feel like there isn't anything else involved? I mean that could be the primary meaning but I've heard about muscle relaxation and there are parts of brain that never go to sleep. for example breathing, heart beat. if you stop those its gonna be a loooong nap if you know what i mean

Posted by: Joni Auvinen | Jul 02, 2010 at 07:54 PM

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