Why do we dream?

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.6 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Dreams are weird, but can they be a scientific tool? Can they teach us anything about humanity? About ourselves? This episode originally ran on April 12, 2022. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's unexplainable.
0:04.3	No, I'm Hassanfeld.
0:05.4	I'm Noron Fluson Hess.
0:06.9	What?
0:07.2	Yeah.
0:12.0	It sounds like...
0:14.8	But it totally isn't, huh?
0:17.5	It can't just be...
0:19.3	Yeah, but it's got to be a little bit.
0:23.3	I don't know how my brain works.
0:27.2	Me too, he too, he does.
0:29.6	Hope you like it.
0:31.6	Yes.
0:33.8	Pardon.
0:34.3	Pardon.
0:34.9	Pardon.
0:35.6	I'm not explained.
0:51.3	Thank you. For me. For pretty much all of human history, people have been trying to interpret dreams. They've been seen as sources of religious inspiration or prophecy or personal insight,
0:57.9	but scientists still have a ton of unanswered questions here.
1:01.5	They're still wondering whether dreams are telling us something meaningful about ourselves
1:05.5	or whether they're just this random jumble.
1:09.1	We've had so many listeners write in asking us about dreams and what to make of
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