Thread: If you gain knowledge threw a lucid dream, would you remember it in the real world?

So are you talking about hearing things, and forgetting them, so you technically don't know them, like looking at a page of words for a second, and what you mean is getting information that you technically forgot?

So you don't mean learning something totally new just from your brain, you're talking about learning something new that you already saw but just forgot?

Originally Posted by Origami

So are you talking about hearing things, and forgetting them, so you technically don't know them, like looking at a page of words for a second, and what you mean is getting information that you technically forgot?

So you don't mean learning something totally new just from your brain, you're talking about learning something new that you already saw but just forgot?

Think the more interesting question here is whether you regard simply memorising things as learning. The ability to remember facts doesn't really alter the way you understand a topic. Only if that fact is somehow connected to something else, lets say another fact, and a new understanding emerges would I call it learning. However I firmly believe dreaming can help connect these dots. Although there may be a story to tell regarding registering things subconsciously unavailable for waking recall, I believe that particular capability is irrelevant with regards to the question of "gaining knowledge through dreams".

However if your goal is to practice memory and you are seeking a way to access things you normally wouldn't have access to, then ofcourse it is an interesting discussion, I don't know whether or not dreams can do that for you though =P. In general it is possible to "prime" people so they will recognise certain words faster than others, but I don't know if you can actually recall these words in dreams.