Maybe Our Wildest Dreams Are Wild For A Reason

19/05/2021 3 min Temporada 3 Episodio 539

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We don’t know for sure why dreaming is a thing at all - but a neuroscience researcher at Tufts University has an idea that might help explain them. It’s called the overfitted brain hypothesis - and it’s based on something that happens with artificial intelligence. Plus: a new book showcases scenic photos of certain small buildings in the Alps that everybody has to use once in a while. 
Our dreams' weirdness might be why we have them, argues new AI-inspired theory of dreaming (Science Daily)
A new book documenting the toilets of the Alps. (Present and Correct)
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