An idea I just had...

**Wilford111** · 10-09-2011 02:08 AM

(First post that's not in the Newbie Zone, woot)
Anyway, I was just thinking about how there were tests taken with students that were having trouble with math homework or whatever, then after they went to sleep while thinking about it, they suddenly got better.
This got me an idea. If you did nothing but math and math alone all day, would your dream be nothing but math? If you did this whenever you had days off, would you become a genius?
Since I pretty much have nothing to do all day (graduated high school a few months ago, didn't sign up for college and still looking for work

) I decided I want to try this out.
What do you think? Should I? I'm totally willing.

**Naiya** · 10-09-2011 02:49 AM

There are a lot of scientists who believe that dreaming exists to help us do problem solving while we sleep. Whenever I've studied really hard about something all day, I tend to see it a lot in my dreams. I think it does help me digest the material better.

Although...using dreams to do math seems kind of sad when there's so much more cool stuff you could do. XD

**Wilford111** · 10-09-2011 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by Naiya

Using dreams to do math seems kind of sad when there's so much more cool stuff you could do. XD

I do think it's uber cool that you can do so many awesome things while you dream, but I also think it's uber cool if you can use dreams to help you IRL.

**Naiya** · 10-09-2011 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by Wilford111

I do think it's uber cool that you can do so many awesome things while you dream, but I also think it's uber cool if you can use dreams to help you IRL.

Yeah, me too. I have a friend who practiced martial arts moves and kata in her dreams and it helped her. I've also been using dreams to practice kata and singing. I think it's helped a lot.

**Wilford111** · 10-09-2011 03:23 AM

It helped you sing too? Wow! What's kata?

**Naiya** · 10-09-2011 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Wilford111

It helped you sing too? Wow! What's kata?

Yeah, it helped a lot. Also, your creativity is really high during dreamtime so it's very easy to come up with new melodies and lyrics.

A kata is basically a set of karate moves put together, almost like a dance, except...more punching and kicking.

**Mancon** · 10-09-2011 08:57 AM

Yeah, I think it could help increase your math skills.

I have used lucid dreaming to help me study the day before a big test.

Originally Posted by Naiya

singing

You've been doing this, too? XD Same here!

**Erii** · 10-10-2011 01:01 AM

Totally try this, sometimes it happens on accident if I'm worried about a test or thinking about it before bed, like you said. I doubt it will cause someone to become like Einstein genius though (obv) XD but still, it helps ^_^

**fOrceez** · 10-10-2011 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by IRC

[13:47:30] <Mancon> And you can study for tests in dreams
[13:47:56] fOrceez WILL do this.
[13:47:56] <fOrceez> lol
[13:47:59] <Mancon> xD
[13:48:07] <fOrceez> xD
[13:48:12] <Mancon> but if you think the internet is distracting when trying to study
[13:48:14] <Mancon> a dream
[13:48:16] <Mancon> is way more
[13:48:23] <Mancon> You sitting down, studying
[13:48:28] <Mancon> and a random talking monkey comes
[13:48:32] <Mancon> and taps you on the shoulder
[13:48:35] <fOrceez> LOL, you've done this?!
[13:48:38] <Mancon> and starts talking to you about it's life

IRC ft. Mancon

**yuppie11975** · 10-10-2011 08:11 AM

I think it would definetely help, but how unbearable would it be sitting down studying, while there's a whole world out there where you can do ANYTHING?!

**Stirred** · 10-10-2011 10:13 AM

I'm not saying there's any necessary correlation, but recently I dreamt about my maths exam and then went on to do better than I thought I would. I just remember looking at the questions and flipping the page once or twice.

**quiktaco** · 10-11-2011 12:56 AM

There's definitely some truth to this. I've always seen sleep time/ dream time, as the brain's way of processing, sorting, and reviewing all the information that is absorbed through the day. If you are studying math all day, then you will end up sorting through it while you are asleep. Consciously, subconsciously, or in a dream. But the brain will work through what it's learned...maybe it could be described as a computer going through a defragmentation process. All the bits and pieces need to be filed away into our memory for easy access in the future, and be able to be recalled easier when thinking about certain subjects. So it files it under math, and then possibly in subcategories related to whatever that math can be applied to.

Anyways, I totally agree. But seriously though, there are so many fun things to do in a dream, and the likelihood of studying, and becoming a genius, now that you are out of school, and having the awesome skills to make a totally long run on sentence that is so hard to read, are pretty much nill if you weren't doing it when you were actually being exposed to the math every day in class.