Quote Originally Posted by Mario92 View Post
In a dream, you're basically with your subconscious....you just kind of jive with what your brain already knows. You don't take in any external knowledge or experience, so you don't really grow at all. In reality, you interact with others, gather new information and data, and improve yourself (typically).
That sounds like an opinion to me. I learn things I didn't know before in dreams all the time. You might say I just 'didn't know' I knew them already, but then that logic can be applied to the supposedly new things I learn in my waking state as well.