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Analysis of the efficiency of a Dream

The Problem : Marvel and analyse how efficient things as virtual as dreams can get. Assumptions : 1. You dream when you are in a deep slumber 2. Sometimes dreams reflect your state of inertia ( with that i mean you want to stay in some previous condition of your life.You miss some part of your life so much that your inner self still wants to hang on to it. For instance, you are in a new place but you dream of your old home or you dumped your boyfriend but still dream of being together). Analysis and Discussion : With those assumptions, the efficiency of a dream can be thought of like this: Just imagine, you get up from a good night's sleep and feel like you visited your home town during the night (Brain argues - your home town is atleast 17hrs away by air!). You sip your coffee and feel like you smelt home food and mom-made dosa chutney a few minutes back (Brain argues- haven't met mom for months!). You feel like you just had a long conversation with an old friend in the colleg