Siddhartha Ribeiro

The only logical thing to conclude is that people would come out of those dreams absolutely sure that they had encountered godly entities in search of guidance.

And if you don't have any other theory about... what dreaming is like. Why would you doubt that, right? Why would you wake up in the morning saying, I had this dream about this lord of the beasts with big antlers that came and helped me plan my hunt. But no, this is probably illusion. No, this is not the conclusion that our ancestors took.

And if you don't have any other theory about... what dreaming is like. Why would you doubt that, right? Why would you wake up in the morning saying, I had this dream about this lord of the beasts with big antlers that came and helped me plan my hunt. But no, this is probably illusion. No, this is not the conclusion that our ancestors took.

And if you don't have any other theory about... what dreaming is like. Why would you doubt that, right? Why would you wake up in the morning saying, I had this dream about this lord of the beasts with big antlers that came and helped me plan my hunt. But no, this is probably illusion. No, this is not the conclusion that our ancestors took.

Quite contrary, they concluded that those dreams were a proof of the existence of those entities and they should be paid attention. So all those things point to a very rich mental life. These ancestors of ours were dreaming. All non-aquatic mammals have REM sleep. So it's safe to say that our ancestors in the Paleolithic were dreaming a lot.

Quite contrary, they concluded that those dreams were a proof of the existence of those entities and they should be paid attention. So all those things point to a very rich mental life. These ancestors of ours were dreaming. All non-aquatic mammals have REM sleep. So it's safe to say that our ancestors in the Paleolithic were dreaming a lot.

Quite contrary, they concluded that those dreams were a proof of the existence of those entities and they should be paid attention. So all those things point to a very rich mental life. These ancestors of ours were dreaming. All non-aquatic mammals have REM sleep. So it's safe to say that our ancestors in the Paleolithic were dreaming a lot.

As far as we look back, our ancestors were dreaming. And as soon as they had language, they were sharing those dreams.

As far as we look back, our ancestors were dreaming. And as soon as they had language, they were sharing those dreams.

As far as we look back, our ancestors were dreaming. And as soon as they had language, they were sharing those dreams.

If you're disconnected from that, if you just live from waking life to waking life and you never remember your dreams and you never share your dreams with anybody, and you never take your dreams into consideration for any decision, you're living a life that is entirely different from the lives of our ancestors. We did not evolve to have this lack of relationship to dreams. We evolved with dreams.

If you're disconnected from that, if you just live from waking life to waking life and you never remember your dreams and you never share your dreams with anybody, and you never take your dreams into consideration for any decision, you're living a life that is entirely different from the lives of our ancestors. We did not evolve to have this lack of relationship to dreams. We evolved with dreams.

If you're disconnected from that, if you just live from waking life to waking life and you never remember your dreams and you never share your dreams with anybody, and you never take your dreams into consideration for any decision, you're living a life that is entirely different from the lives of our ancestors. We did not evolve to have this lack of relationship to dreams. We evolved with dreams.

Dreams were important to define what we are. And I think that a lot of what people are feeling nowadays, this sense that we are going nowhere, this sense that we are going alone, this sense that we have no roots, that we have no connection to the past. This, I think, has to do with our lack of sleep and lack of dreaming.

Dreams were important to define what we are. And I think that a lot of what people are feeling nowadays, this sense that we are going nowhere, this sense that we are going alone, this sense that we have no roots, that we have no connection to the past. This, I think, has to do with our lack of sleep and lack of dreaming.

Dreams were important to define what we are. And I think that a lot of what people are feeling nowadays, this sense that we are going nowhere, this sense that we are going alone, this sense that we have no roots, that we have no connection to the past. This, I think, has to do with our lack of sleep and lack of dreaming.

Well, Rand, I think you're touching a very good point here, which is that dreams are simulations of possible futures, which means that they are often wrong. And that's why in all those ancient cultures, there is the need for dream interpretation.

Well, Rand, I think you're touching a very good point here, which is that dreams are simulations of possible futures, which means that they are often wrong. And that's why in all those ancient cultures, there is the need for dream interpretation.

Well, Rand, I think you're touching a very good point here, which is that dreams are simulations of possible futures, which means that they are often wrong. And that's why in all those ancient cultures, there is the need for dream interpretation.

Dreams should not be taken at face value. Dreams, and people knew this across cultures. People knew it in the ancient world. Now, dreams have been, of course, appropriated for political reasons many, many times. In the Roman Empire, it happened all the time. For example, Julius Caesar had a dream, well, reported a dream, when he was less than 30, in which he would have sex with his mother.