Thread: can i die from lucid dreaming?

Ugh. Philosopher, your statements, encrypted in a convoluted, complicated way of speaking, confuse me.
You make broad sweeping statements, without actual proof. It's starting to annoy me now.

I'm all for good grammar, spelling, and punctuation, but (a lot of) your posts stink of psychological piffle. We could go on for weeks saying how primitive X (language, technology, the human mind, etc) is, because it makes us look smarter and more intelligent to point out the inadequacies of X, when most people think of X as quite clever or advanced. It's nothing new, I've seen it countless times.
All I'm saying is, a little less of the Plato and old pychological waffle would be nice.

It's not that I lack the intelligence to comprehend such subjects, but personally, I'm here to talk and read about lucid dreaming, not over-complicated psychological waffle, hidden in a maze of archaic English.
No offense (really!), just my opinion.

Now then, I'm going off to bed.

I really appreciate your whining. However, the assumption that you speak for everyone is quite big of you. However, I do not recall any mandate on this site that I had to dumb down for anyone.

And, your manners are quite clear--you have no desire to clarification or even proof, for if you did, your approach would be the same as anyone does when they seek knowledge.

The selective destruction of synaptic pathways by a brain has even been studied in regards to the common house cat.

Originally Posted by Philosopher8659

I really appreciate your whining. However, the assumption that you speak for everyone is quite big of you. However, I do not recall any mandate on this site that I had to dumb down for anyone.

And, your manners are quite clear--you have no desire to clarification or even proof, for if you did, your approach would be the same as anyone does when they seek knowledge.

The selective destruction of synaptic pathways by a brain has even been studied in regards to the common house cat.

I agree with MythicDreams. You can't make sweeping statements like that without backing it up just slightly.

Do you even know what "The selective destruction of synaptic pathways by a brain" means?

Originally Posted by Philosopher8659

One's psychological foundation depends a great deal on learned experience, and as learning actually changes synaptic pathways, it is hard wired. The real psychological changes brought about by lucid dreaming can lead to events in which the mind must actually destroy synaptic pathways because of conflict with what one learns.

This is stupid, why is lucid dreaming different than waking life in this regard? Destroy synaptic pathways.. you make it sound like it's bad, that just something you assume right? If one learns something new, why should destroying the synaptic pathways mean anything negative? It's not about the destroying either, but about the creation of new connections, the old ones can still be there without any conflict. You seem to look at it in a very narrow reductionistic way, instead of looking at one very special part of something and extrapolating it to lucid dreaming having destructive properties, you should see it more holistically. Lucid dreaming is (in total) positive for the individual in every way.