Einstein's Dreams

Ultimately it is stressed that decisions have impact on the unknown, providing comfort as it implements two principles; that undesirable future events are able to be prevented and fixed and that desirable future events are able to be created. The comforting nature of these time travel principles illustrate that the notion of control alleviates fears as sublime ‘what if?’ scenarios are made possible and attainable.

According to Merriam-Webster’s a hero is defined as “exhibiting or marked by courage and daring” or a person who’s “supremely noble or self-sacrificing”, meaning you don’t have to be a superhero to be considered heroic. Doing something that has a significant effect on society or changing the way something appears to be, makes one heroic; therefore, Albert Einstein is heroic in numerous ways.

“Be careful, he is a mean one,” warns one science teacher. I nervously moved toward the classroom to find myself in a realm of slinkies and behind the waves of slinkies sits Kipp Penovich, the physics teacher who looked like he could use a cup of coffee, who had that look of relief in his eyes at the end of another day of school. From my prior knowledge, only a portion of physics intertwine with time travel, so it is only natural for his eyes to change into a more vibrant and astonished outline when I brought up the interview subject of time travel. It is understandable for Mr. Penovich to respond with, “Do you think you can give me some time so I can prepare myself?” And because Mr. Penovich knowledge was very limited since basic physic do

“He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.”

As much as we look for meaning in our lives, we also try to understand the things we can’t understand such as mortality and the future. Since the end of the 20th century, social norms have started to change and life expectancy increasing. Everyone was very involved with their R/S and their futures were laid out for us based on gender and income. However with social norms continuously changing this is no longer so for many people and things such as

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. (Gleick, 84)

This is the assumption underlying all our ideas of causality. If the future does not resemble the past, then all our reason based on cause and effect will crumble. When Hume proposed questions such as “Is there any more intelligible proposition then to affirm that all trees will flourish in December and January, and will decay in May and June?” (49), Hume demonstrates that it is not a relation of ideas that future will resemble the past; it is possible that the course of nature will change. Therefore, what happens in the future is neither a relation of ideas, nor a matter of fact. “It is impossible, therefore, that any arguments from experience can prove this resemblance of past to future, since all these arguments are founded on the supposition of that resemblance.”(51)

“The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow; be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.” -Unknown

Dreams are the language of a person's subconscious mind. Therefore, taking the opportunity to understand them can lead to great enrichment. This paper demonstrates the similarities and differences between Freud and Jung's idea on dream theory. It illustrates Freud's belief that analyzing dreams could give the interpreter substantial information on that person's psyche. His concept of free association and wish-fulfillment are also explored. Jung's theories are also discussed. Although Jung began as a follower of Freud, he did end up disagreeing on some of Freud's theories. Jung's

Over the centuries people have attempted to discover the meaning of dreams. Early civilizations thought they were real physical worlds that you could enter from a dream state. During these times dreams were felt to be a way to connect with a higher power, in fact some were convinced dreams were a way to prophecies events. However it wasn't until the late nineteenth century that Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung introduced what are still the most widely known theories of dreams. In current studies the use of technology has advanced our understanding of the dream state: brain activity, neuroscience, effective medications and lucid dreaming. This paper will examine different theories of the science, interpretation and purpose of our dreams.

I can easily relate Einstein’s statement to my personal experiences growing up. I think since high school my ambition and self-determination suddenly arouse from a deep sleep.

To begin this paper first we need to have the understanding of what dreams are and why they are important to us. A dream is a story, a series of ideas, emotions and sensations that occur while we are sleeping. Freud’s “Psychological analysis of the content of dreams” says that every dream has a storyline and meaning behind it. Therefore the reason why dreams are important is because we need to express in some way our desires and wish fulfillments that are forbidden for our conscious mind. The movie Inception is related to the concept of dreams that were studied during the “Consciousness” chapter, but more particularly in lucid dreaming, which led in seeing a world where someone could implant an idea in someone else’s mind by entering their dream.

In the novel, Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M Coetzee, the magistrate’s progressive, non-linear dreams are a parallel to his growing involvement with the barbarians and his growing distaste for the empire. The great psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud said, “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious.” In every dream there is a hidden meaning and when the reader starts analyzing the magistrate’s dreams he reveals that he is oddly attracted to the barbarians and knows he should not get involved and it will be a trial to get close to them.

“I do not know with what kinds of weapons the Third World War will be fought, but the Fourth World War will be fought with sticks and stones.” - Albert Einstein

Since the beginning of time humans have been intrigued by what happens in their brains at night; especially dreams. We can see that all the way from Ancient history to Medieval to Classical and now in modern history, humans’ views on Dreams and Sleep have played huge roles. According to Gackenbach and Sheikh (1991) in some cultures, like Ancient Egypt, people with “vivid and significant” dreams were considered blessed. A philosophical question that may never be answered is that of the meaning of dreams. Throughout history man has pondered the meaning of dreams. Philosophers often bounce to Hippocrates and Aristotle for the philosophy behind these questions, however even before Hippocrates, Ancient Indians believed that dreams meant two things. The first was inner desires, in that each dream you had reflected your deepest wishes. The second is that dreams are when souls leave the body and are being guided through dreams until woken up. William C. Dement, once said “I believe that the study of sleep became a true scientific field in 1953.” He said that because of his ingenious findings. Dement conducted an experiment on REM Deprivation. He deprived 8 subjects of REM sleep for 7 days and, the study showed that as time went on the subjects went into REM rebound, which is when the body enters into REM sleep more frequently because of a lack of REM sleep. REM rebound shows the importance of REM sleep to the body.