People can misremember their dreams after an event happens, people can be subconsciously expecting an event to happen, and so dream about it, and coincidences also exist.
It is wild to know that "prophetic dreams" have been documented and verified, and even more wild that it isn't really that astonishing when one thinks about it.
Submitted 1 month ago by Arkouda@lemmy.ca to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Also people are idiots, or at least easily influenced. If you ask someone “you dreamt such and such, right?” They’ll be more likely to agree with you than when you ask “What did you dream?”
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Yes, Yes, and Yes. Hence why “prophetic dreams” were in quotes.
We do still have documented cases of people being spot on with no possible way of having the required information before hand. Which is not miraculous or supernatural in anyway, odds are it happens more often than people know because it isn’t verified or remembered by the dreamer.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What do you mean “documented and verified”? You mean someone dreamed about something that happened? Or someone consistently had dreams that could predict the future? The law of large numbers would suggest someone would eventually dream about something that ends up happening simply by coincidence. It would be a statistical anomaly if it never happened.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
The case I am thinking of is the man who called the FBI with details of a plane crash that happened days later. The last half of your comment is why it isn’t astonishing.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 month ago
Kinda like how Tesla famously had seen the designs for… I forgot what invention it was; the motor? The AC converter? But he saw them in a dream. But, like… He was already researching this stuff. It’s entirely possible his brain just finished the work he was already trying to accomplish while he slept. This is a common phenomena, too. Getting stuck on a problem, only to come to a solution after simply resting and not thinking about the problem for a bit.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Right, but did the person have a prophetic vision, or was it simply a coincidental dream?
Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 month ago
You call those “prophetic dreams”. I call those “coincidences”.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
That is why it is in quotes. Maybe try taking in the whole thought and think it over before dropping your mic because I call them coincidences as well.
Almacca@aussie.zone 1 month ago
So you still believe in Santa Claus as well?
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Sure.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
If by wild you mean not true at all then yeah
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Whatever you say.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
You’re free to believe whatever nonsense you want, but saying that it’s verified in any scientifically meaningful way is a lie and nobody is obligated to pretend otherwise
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Prophetic dreams are pretty much the best guess of what it would take to solve an issue, and we only remember the ones that worked out.
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
You mean like over 8.2 billion people, having an average of about 4 dreams per night over 365 days?
elvith@feddit.org 1 month ago
The answer is forty two