Thread: What if we lose the ability?

Originally Posted by Shift

Well, only if the ability to lucid dream is a dominant trait! If it's recessive, you'd want 2 LDers. There's the chance you could have a heterozygote, but if it's recessive you'd want to just have two homozygotes for maximum probability.

Of course, look at polydactylism haha

i think he assumed that LDing is not hereditary, but as long as a member of a family can do it, he or she can maybe get the rest interested.

Originally Posted by i make it rain

i think he assumed that LDing is not hereditary, but as long as a member of a family can do it, he or she can maybe get the rest interested.

Oh haha, I thought we were still talking about "breeding" lucid dreamers

I think it really depends on the people, though. My dad is a natural, but never told me until recently, when I explained that I'd experienced something called lucid dreaming and was trying to learn it. My sister is also a natural, but neither one of them is particularly interested in it. In fact my mom, who has had only a few, loves dreaming and is a vivid dreamer like me, and I think she's motivated me more than the other two, but I think mainly because I'm the one who is always talking to her about dreaming! And my brother never remembers his dreams, and is not particularly interested in dreaming at all. I think it depends on your personality, more than anything.