00:00Have you always wondered why we dream?
00:02The nightly films in our heads, starring us, written by us,
00:06but somehow directed by a caffeinated squirrel.
00:09Scientists have long been arguing about why we dream.
00:12Some say it's a way of filing away memories.
00:15Others say dreams help us rehearse survival techniques.
00:18You know, practicing for real-world threats.
00:21Oh no, a bear! Wait, I know what I'll do! I'll fly away!
00:24Sigmund Freud believed they were about wish fulfillment.
00:27You dream of flying through the clouds.
00:30Clearly, you wish to be a pigeon.
00:33And dreams may also help with creativity.
00:35Paul McCartney famously dreamt the melody for yesterday.
00:38Mary Shelley dreamt up Frankenstein.
00:40In the end, no one is quite sure why we dream.
00:43So the next time you wake up from a dream about being in a marathon
00:46while being chased by a mariachi band,
00:49just remember, it's not nonsense.
00:52It's sciency nonsense.
00:54Always wondered.
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