[jan]

I have always remembered most dreams.I think about them right away, then write them down.Lately tho [I still sleep good]I barely remember any! Maybe fragments- it drives me nuts- while I'm dreaming,Iknow it., and theres so much going on! How can i not remember now, when
i could before? yes,sometimes I get a flash of a dream hours later- gone before I can catch it hate that too!

[AndroidNeox]

Dreams and Programming Neural Networks

In 1989, at a DECUS conference, I attended a presentation on neural networks in which the presenter (Curt Snyder) described a technique he had developed to clear out 'bad' connections.

A typical way to train computer neural networks is to present them with a series of input data sets (such as photographs of woodlands either containing a tank or not). The neural network responds with its evaluation (yes/no) and then the programmer provides feedback to the neural network (yes there was a tank/no there was not), either strengthening the existing connections or weakening them.

The presenter explained how bad associations tend to build up and are hard to remove. The technique he developed was, to the best of my recollection:

1) Store the current state (State A) of the neural net; all of the interconnection values.
2) Feed the net random inputs and observe its responses.
3) Provide random feedback to those responses.
4) Calculate the connection differences (State B) that built up during this process (what it learned).
5) Subtract from State A the connection values it learned during the process; (State A) - (State B).

After his talk, I suggested to the speaker that this seemed much like dreaming. A sort of random series of experiences, forgotten upon waking. He didn’t. He didn't seem to find the comparison compelling, but I've always thought the two processes seemed so similar that it warranted investigation.

[Buddy Doc]

The love of my life asked if I dreamed of him & I realized I didn't remember having any dreams of him although he's on my mind continually. He said he hasn't had any dreams of me either that he remembers even though he thinks of me all day. We were wondering what it means that neither of us can remember dreaming of each other after being together over a year & a half.

[Calim]

This is just one of the many reasons that our bodies and minds are wonders of God's Creation. He is Our Creator and Grand Merciful God. Just as he created the universe, He created all of us and He deserves our obedience and integrity to Him.