Quote: I have dreams that I can recall as strongly and vividly as any waking event. In fact, if I put memories of a dream next to memories of a waking event, I cannot discern any sort of difference at all (other then my mind telling me one was a dream and the other a waking event). But qualitatively speaking, in strength of recall, detail and sensory memory, they are exactly the same. /Quote
That makes you a unique person, I guess, or better said a person with a unique memory.
Quote: Now it's true that this only counts for the very vivid and special dreams. Most dreams are very quickly forgotten. But by the same account, most waking events are very quickly forgotten as well. Do you remember what you had for breakfast last month? Do you remember everyone you talked to last week?
Like dreams, I tend to only remember parts of everything that happens to me during waking life as well. The big majority of it is quickly forgotten. /Quote
Well, I kind of disagree with this comparison. I remember so much from my holiday week in Spain, not every moment but very much from every day. I can't remember that much from dreams I've had this morning. Vivid or common dreams don't matter, as I can remember a few common dreams that I had as a kid, they weren't any special nor vivid or lucid but I liked the content so I remember them (I wanted to).
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