I was quite confused for a moment yesterday on the discussion of sleep. - General

So me, my friend, and our other friend/his girlfriend where talking about sleep (we drifted into this conversation, somehow), and stuff. She mentioned that dreams only last 3 seconds. But then I said that people can talk at normal pace in their sleep. Now when I think back to that it hurts my head :frown: Someone explain this to me, as now I can't decide if I'm right.

Dreams may feel like they last a long time, but in truth, they probably do only last about three seconds (That's the average length of dreams).

[QUOTE=TAU!;20060105]Dreams may feel like they last a long time, but in truth, they probably do only last about three seconds (That's the average length of dreams).[/QUOTE] no, the average time is 4 seconds, you must be an ignorant idiot from stupidland you moronic fool

I do believe that they do, but what hurts my head is the fact that you can speak at least 10 words at normal pace which would normally take over 3 seconds anyway, and you do it again [i]later on[/i] as well :frown:

It was probably just a dream. [editline]04:05PM[/editline] IIRC the longest recorded dream was over 2 hours.

Uh, no, it wasn't a dream.

Uh... That hurts my head.

Your friend's girlfriend only told you that to have sex with your friend behind your back.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;20060137]IIRC the longest recorded dream was over 2 hours.[/QUOTE] IIRC to that person the dream lasted for a few years, while he was actually in the REM state for only 2 hours or something like that. Imagine spending 2 years of your life, not knowing it's all a dream. And then when you wake up you have to get back to your "previous" boring life.

Gah my head. damn you! [editline]05:17PM[/editline] [QUOTE=PlazmaBurst;20060274]IIRC to that person the dream lasted for a few years, while he was actually in the REM state for only 2 hours or something like that. Imagine spending 2 years of your life, not knowing it's all a dream. And then when you wake up you have to get back to your "previous" boring life.[/QUOTE] that is some scary shit D:

[QUOTE=PlazmaBurst;20060274]IIRC to that person the dream lasted for a few years, while he was actually in the REM state for only 2 hours or something like that. Imagine spending 2 years of your life, not knowing it's all a dream. And then when you wake up you have to get back to your "previous" boring life.[/QUOTE] That would suck. What would dreaming for 2 "years" feel like?

I don't know what to think because I remember falling asleep at 2:34 am once and dreaming almost like instantly (at least I think, can't be sure) and I had a dream and was startled out of sleep and it was like 4:00 am. So, I don't really know. Isn't it also uncommon to dream in colour? Because I dream in vibrant colour...

That 3 second thing is a myth. From Wikipedia: [quote]Most dreams last only 5 to 20 minutes.[/quote] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream]Source[/url] And don't say "It's Wikipedia so you can't completely trust it". That's a bunch of bullshit. Every fact in Wikipedia has to have a reference otherwise it's removed. Edit: And here's the source it references. [url]http://science.howstuffworks.com/dream3.htm[/url]

[QUOTE=Dedmytas;20060257]Your friend's girlfriend only told you that to have sex with your friend behind your back.[/QUOTE] :colbert:

Put away the crack dude

Dreams do not last for 3 seconds. [QUOTE=Rombishead;20060432]Put away the crack dude[/QUOTE] What a shallow mind!

[QUOTE=Black-Ice;20060365]:colbert:[/QUOTE] anus

[QUOTE=Dedmytas;20060471]anus[/QUOTE] Touche.

[QUOTE=Nextil;20060350]That 3 second thing is a myth. From Wikipedia: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream"]Source[/URL] And don't say "It's Wikipedia so you can't completely trust it". That's a bunch of bullshit. Every fact in Wikipedia has to have a reference otherwise it's removed. Edit: And here's the source it references. [URL]http://science.howstuffworks.com/dream3.htm[/URL][/QUOTE] I fixed the Duke Nukem page without a source and it's still there... (They had publisher and developer wrong.)

Sleep is one of the strangest states of mind we can have. I personally love it.

[QUOTE=Black-Ice;20060550]Touche.[/QUOTE] another one