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What do animals dream about?

Inquiring Minds

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The Buzz Kill Theory of Dreams

There are some scientists, particularly ones that come out of this behaviorist tradition, who argue dreams have meaning when we make sense of what just happened after we wake up. But in the moment, it is random earal firing. You are not actually conscious in the way that you think you are. So i would say that they're wrong, but that's because you're right. They do kill my buz when it comes to both dreaming and animals. And the reason for that is because i think it's a very hard cell.

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