When we fall asleep, we (see) dreams to which our organism reacts as if they are real. When we get a complete consciousness, we mostly realize that the overall context of what we dreamed of is illogical in the real world. Is it therefore reasonable to state that the human brain is somehow programmed to process and interpret two different (but inter-connected) logical languages according to the sleeping/waking cycle? In addition to our logical understanding of (and interaction with) our environment (conscious logics), is there a subconscious version of logics that makes us terrified of nightmares, even the most fantasized ones?!
Dear Dr. Mohamed Lamine Toumi,
From logic point in computer engineering we use four logic values (False, True, Don't care, High Impedance). Conscious logic is equated with Don't care.
Dear Mohamed,
There is a logic in Dreams similar but not equivalent to what we use in conscious logic. But dream logic is more flexible than waking logic. The basic elements of dream experience are those that are stored in memory from the waking state.
In fact one of the reasons for dreams is that it helps us go beyond waking logic !
It is more like quantum logic where all superpositions, however weird, are allowed states of experience.
For a quantum mechanical treatment of states of consciousness please see my "Quantum mechanics of consciousness" on RG.
Regards,
Rajat
Dreaming is but simply another version of the thoughts and facts
processed differently in our brain. You can say, probably, it is
re-compilation of the stored data in our brain memory.
Dear colleagues, many thanks. Your valuable responses are crossing in MEMORY. I also noticed that there is a tendency to computerize this topic (like many other neuroscience topics), and I don't know to what extent computer engineering/programming can clarify the mysterious sleeping logic in the human brain, although it remains a great way to explain some aspects of the question.
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