Another possibility...

Post #199,414

3/18/05 2:12:35 PM

is that the fully awake mind may be restructuring memories of unstructured dreams to fit something it sees or has seen.

So in this situation, someone may have something on thier mind when they go to sleep; say they're looking for a new car. This person has a dream that they're driving a car down a familiar road; but as dreams go, the car they're driving is constantly in flux. The next day they go car shopping, and they come across a car that's similar to one they saw in the dream. In their mind, they latch on to the image they saw and adjust it to fit reality. Their mind in trying to structure the chaos of the dream make the dream seem to come true.

~~~)-Steven----

"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."

General George S. Patton

Post #199,417

by Andrew Grygus

3/18/05 2:42:47 PM

OT - your picture

If you want a somewhat more visible version, it's here
[image|http://www.aaxnet.com/ajg/Stevenmini.jpg||||]
Of course, with Homeland Security and what all, you may not want it more visible.

[link|http://www.aaxnet.com|AAx]

Post #199,436

by Steven A S

3/18/05 4:18:17 PM

Re: OT - your picture

Think I'll just retake the picture in a better location. In the mean time I have lightened it with a bit more contrast.

~~~)-Steven----

"I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..."

General George S. Patton

Post #199,884

by static

3/21/05 9:42:07 PM

OT - twiddle the gamma.

I've found upping the gamma on that sort of shot gives excellent results.

Wade.

Is it enough to love
Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed

Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please

-- "Anything but Ordinary" by Avril Lavigne.

Post #199,431

by ben_tilly

3/18/05 4:01:46 PM

This is how memory always works

We rehearse and reconstruct what we think happened into our final memory. In the process details get changed, eliminated, and added to fit the narrative that we have.

This is widely recognized as one of the biggest problems with eyewitness reports. In an extreme form, this is also the source of false memory syndrome.

Cheers,
Ben

I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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