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Just to play devil’s advocate, I started poking around the internet for information about precognitive dreams. Honestly, I wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t had the experience once myself. I was surprised how much there was out there about premonition through dreams, and it makes me wonder where the dreams come from. As a scientist I raise a skeptical eyebrow at the idea of paranormal intervention, but I thought I should look into it anyway. Are all the stories just coincidences? Is everyone, including me, just lying to you? Or did the dreamer piece together WAY more during their wakeful state than they thought they did, and the “unconscious” knowledge of the likelihood of the event was only able to surface during sleep? This last idea seems most feasible, but it doesn’t really explain people predicting natural disasters or plane crashes a week before they happen, because these events have few to no indicators beforehand. ALSO, if dreams do involve information we have pieced to together without realizing it, I suddenly feel like I should put a lot more stock in dreams. If we pay enough attention to our dreams, will we be able to make more informed decisions? Are we really able to “predict” events based on things we see in our dreams because our brains register a lot more than our conscious mind is aware of? In that case, I personally recommend that everyone keep on the lookout for killer turtles, hostile aliens, and possibly raptors… just in case.