StringJunky

I see what you mean now, yes, that's true. I have no choice, my brain won't let me do anything else or it will bug me with disturbing dreams. I know that's a bit of Cartesian dualism in that sentence but that's what it feels like subjectively. As we said in that other thread, the sleeping brain appears to use a different mode of operation to express narratives which seem odd to our awake selves.

Can you elaborate?

Yes, The fact I stopped halfway across the bridge seemed significant and the fact it happened on a bridge as though representing that I was trying to cross over to some 'other side'. Most of my memorable dreams seem to have an escapist narrative. It seems as though some part of myself will not allow me to avoid things that trouble me; I am often forced to face myself in my dreams.

All the muscles don't necessarily gain tone simultaneously. It makes sense that you you can move your face and neck muscles first because that's critical to your airway, environmental awareness and raising the alarm ASAP.; evolutionarily, it makes sense from a survival POV.

Without time nothing would move, so, it's not an illusion.

Anglais, s'il vous plait. Chrome and Cotton I stumbled in the dark the city fast asleepFor a twist of fate I followed every streetYour eyes in the rain travelling through the nightIn my dream a visionYour fate's in sightI haven't met you yet But you and I bound I have one thing in mind I want to cross your pathI haven't met you yet But you and I bound I have one thing in mind I want to cross your pathAu fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le cotonAu fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le cotonI look into your eyes and it all starts to spinThe time the seasons I get all lost withinAnd everything turns black it happens all the timebut you keep coming back into this heart of mineAu fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Cœur des filles…Cœur des filles…Le chrome et… le cotonAu fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Au fond du cœur des filles, le chrome et le coton Cœur des filles…Cœur des filles…Le chrome et… le coton

Yes, that's a possibility. They may need to stop running, so to speak, and address the thing or theme they are avoiding. I had recurring dreams of running as fast as I could from something frightening. It would nearly catch me and I'd wake up, scared. I mentioned it to a friend and he said when it happened again stop and turn around. He also said "Do you dream in colour and can you see your feet?" One night, not long after, I had this recurring dream again going over a high, suspended wooden bridge but this time I stopped. I looked around and said to myself "Yes, I can see in colour". I looked down and said "Yes, I can see my feet". With fear in my mind I turned around and it was just me alone; I was running from myself. It's not happened since. The takeaway from this experience for me is that whatever you are unable to face in real life will show up in some way in your dreams. There was a problem with my mental and emotional equilibrium at the time and that was my brain's way of addressing it. I have no objective evidence though but I'm happy that it was solved. What's that device you mentioned in another thread for helping the airway stay open?

One possible cause that cured it for me was resisting the habit of sleeping with covers completely over my head; this was in the days when blankets were the norm instead of duvets (Eiderdowns). If one does this, breathing in a confined space, the carbon dioxide levels go up and this can put the brain into panic mode because it thinks it's suffocating which possibly manifests as a night terror situation for the sufferer. I think it's less likely to happen with duvets but worth mentioning.

Yes, it shouldn't be too far away. Mobile phones were the first Star Trek technology to be realised. We just haven't got the "Beam me up, Scotty" bit yet.

That's true. One day, instant automatic spoken translation - - depending on your own language may become a mainstream native feature of internet life.

Sounds like sleep paralysis or night terror. When you fall asleep your brain relaxes the muscles so you don't walk around. This occurs after you've fallen asleep and is restored just before you wake. In cases of stressful dreams/nightmares sometimes you wake up before the muscle tone is restored and you, of course, feel paralysed. The solution is to deal with the stress. Sometimes its caused by breathing problems (apnoea) which I think can be dealt with some devices that help keep the airway open.

Thanks ChaonY. I thought it might be virulence but it's not.

I'm looking for the right term to Google with. What is the term used to describe the minimum number of copies of a pathogen required to cause infection?

Lick a very big lollipop. that should do it.

Apart from eating, it's not under load.

Not everyone wants children, are not sexually motivated, have other means of gratification not involving people etc.

You might want to rephrase that.

As I've said before, part of the job of the artist-photographer is to strip away the extraneous elements of what lies before him to evoke the meaning he wishes to impart to the viewer; these are are good examples of judicious selection of visual elements.towards that end. I think these are very good pieces because they don't require verbal explanation what they are about. The elemental minimalism easily guides the viewer to their artistic intent. Yes, I would call it 'art' because the output was deliberately executed to invoke certain feelings/thoughts in their audience. Great picture that contains everything that I would ascribe to a good artist.

A lot I would imagine. One could also use the word 'discovered'. Rather like in science.

Right OK. I had a feeling it was a mathematical construct. A better word would be discovered rather than random, but still accidental. Meaning is ascribed after the fact. If random choices lead to regular patterns, that we can see, then 'accidental' is the operative word because the pattern design was not premeditated. Again, meaning is ascribed after the fact. ...or making them. Yes, I think so. I'm thinking on a really low level of mental operation here, not high level cognition. High level ideas emerge from basic components and I'm trying to get to the lowest level of human thought processes; the basic constructs where these high level ideas emerge from. if that makes sense.

If that's a randomly generated image i would call it it 'accidental' art whereby the viewer may succumb to their pareidolic tendency to ascribe some sense or meaning to what is before them. At the end of the day, is that not where art comes from; from the hard-wired need to to assign patterns that make some sort of sense of the unfamiliar or to abstract the familiar, by design, to emphasise some aspect of our experience? Regardless of whether 'the decisive moment' is contrived or spontaneously reactive the point is still eloquently and explicitly made. A photographer understanding this concept knows to wait for all the desired elements to fall into place or to put them there a la Cartier-Bresson. It taught me, when I was keen on it, to be 'in the moment' at the point of exposure and to do it at the right time.

Why do some people crave popularity would be correct; I don't so your statement would be falsified. Confirmation that they are socially acceptable and attractive. Evolutionarily, it ties to mating potential; more popular, more mates.

That's why we get a snotty nose because the body is trying to up the temperature in that area in anattempt to inhibit viral replication. It seems to me, with rhinoviruses, the best thing to do is breathe warm air to avoid a blocked nose and keep as warm as possible; everything the body is doing is to that end during the illness.

But the more accurate the model and the wider the domain it can accurately describe it's probably going in the right direction to get nearer the underlying nature. I don't think one can get closer than what one measures and the more parameters that are discovered the better the description. The more complete the description the closer one is. When you think fundamentally about the real world what is reality but the sum of its behaviour; there's no actual physicality in the classical sense is there at that depth of enquiry?