---- Copious Thoughts - From Clayboyn's Coffee and Philosophy show Ep. 51 ----
A very big thank you to all who joined us for @clayboyn 's Coffee and Philosophy. on the much loved MSP Waves and P.A.L Discord Network. This was the the 51st episode and the recording can be found here: Coffee and Philosophy Ep. 51.
As usual we take a good run all over the place on the show hitting the marks, kicking ass and taking names :) we started out talking about dreams and dream cycles. the transitioning from beta, alpha, theta, delta and all the way back to hit the dream states we experience. there was a little talk of the effect of cannabis as a suppressor of dreams for some individuals.
We transitioned across to an article i had written during the week regarding a dispute between Paramedics and Human Resources which led to discussion on how work places define rules for us to follow the state it is our job to directly contradict these rules, this construct is applicable in both white and blue collar roles as we discussed during the show.
This line of thought led us to talk briefly abut automation and the future of employment, then we took a sharp left turn and ended up in the automation of humans, PC NPC culture, sheeple and what we as humans do to justify our thoughts. from labeling people through to schema adjustment.... all to appease our 'cognitive dissonance'. Its far easier to call someone evil or say they are possessed by demons than try to comprehend or understand a perspective which differs from our own. labeling someone allows us frame them in a particular light , and justifies our negative thoughts and behaviors towards them.
This is just a taste of what we covered within the show, if these topics are of interest then i most certainly recommend clicking tha link and listening to the recording of the show to get the full experience. Coffee and Philosophy Ep. 51.
I love your show notes! It always reminds me of something I wanted to look up. In this case it is those dream cycles. 🍻
Thanks for the kudos @staceyjean , yeah its a good way to remember what i wanna say while on the show.... we go all over the place and sometimes its hard to remember all the little bits and pieces that fall outta my brain when we are on a roll, lol.
Whats super interesting about the dream cycle is that while in a completely 'awake' state we are in beta mode, as we start to go to sleep we dip down through alpha, theta, and delta.... THEN we climb back up the from delta to theta and alpha... but here is where it gets interesting.... when we dream we are in 'beta'... so its like we are "awake" in our dreams. how funky is that !!!???!!!???
That makes so much sense to me! Because my dreams can feel so real and not all the time do I detect that I'm dreaming anymore so I have to open my eyes and sit up and look around to know for sure, "yup, that was a dream."
this one time (at band camp ,lolz) i was dreaming but i had one eye open so i could see my bedroom wall in one eye, and a train coming straight at me in the other.... i was like WTF ? but i realized it was a dream... and once it 'clicked' i snapped out of it and was awake... funny situation to be in , but also raises some interesting questions