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Did Scientists Just Achieve "Inception"? Experiments Show “Dream Engineering” May Be a Reality (thedebrief.org)

submitted 1 week ago by artifex@piefed.social to c/science@mander.xyz

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This dream is sponsored by Amazon. Don't like how it's going? Dream, "Alexa, wake me up!".

Experiments involving playing music during sleep have revealed a type of dream engineering that doubled subjects' problem-solving abilities.

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[–] Toneswirly@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is easy enough to not buy a smart speaker though, not the scariest proposition. Its fucked from an ethical perspective, but also I can choose to not participate in the raping of my dreams.

[–] artifex@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

If this works out it’ll eventually take more than that. For example, if you’re accustomed to charging your phone on your nightstand and using it as an alarm clock, you’ll probably have to stop. Or if you ride the train or bus to work and nap along the way, you’ll do it without your earbuds in. And ANY smart device with a speaker in your bedroom will eventually be ripe for abuse, whether it’s a phone, smart mirror, TV, gaming system, etc.