Instigator / Pro
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Topic
#2569

Lucid Dreams Are Useful For Practical Life

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
3
0
Better sources
2
2
Better legibility
1
1
Better conduct
1
1

After 1 vote and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Safalcon7
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Number of rounds
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Time for argument
Three days
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10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
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Contender / Con
4
1417
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debates
32.59%
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Description

Premises:

Pro Argues: Lucid Dreams Are Useful For Practical Life
Con Argues: Lucid Dreams Are Not Useful For Practical Life

Important Definitions:

Lucid Dream: A lucid dream is a dream during which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming [1].
Useful: Effective; helping you to do or achieve something [2].
Practical Life: Practical life is an area in the Montessori philosophy that encompasses, well, skills practical to everyday life [3].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream
2. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/useful
3. http://www.ourmontessorihome.com/what-is-practical-life/

Definitions are not to be twisted during the debate. Let's enjoy.

BUMP please.

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@Intelligence_06

well, if you could only believe in religion 20% of the time (my LD rate), that's one hell of a "useful" God you got there.

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@seldiora

see my "religion is harmful" debate one. Just because it has bad aspects doesn't undermine the good ones.

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@RationalMadman

I've had over 250 LD's and only a handful were like that.

I remember a mathematician dreamed of the structure of benzene and he published it and became famous. Does this count?

Lucid dreaming is nowhere near as fun as people think it is. You wake up tired and sad because you didn't properly sleep. I know this because I tried to do it for a while (train myself to ask 'is this real' etc) but while it does actually help and keeping a dream diary really does help you be more conscious during dreams, it is actually really suboptimal. Even if you can make it a nice and amazing dream, it's toxic to your rest.

screw it. I'm playing devil's advocate.

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@seldiora

Also, Con might challenge a bit of technicalities in the definitions. I'm not gonna point em out tho, for obvious reasons.

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@Safalcon7

*mall looks at this topic, disagrees, and goes to sleep, only to recreate the con side a few days later.*

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@seldiora

I'm looking for those who are skeptic about the art. I know there are many. Let's see if this site has some.

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@Safalcon7

I've had over 250 lucid dreams, and I can say pro wins this 100%