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Pedantic Man: Dreams
not worth worrying
By Mark Baldridge
Staff Reporter
and Bryan Peterson
Senior \Editor
Dear Pedant,
Sometimes l dream I’m falling
froma great height, often the top of
the Chrysler Building. Is it true that
if I ever hit thergroynd I’llwake up
dead? Answer this P. Man, I’m ter
rified.'
Signed,
Not Fooling.
Dear Fool,
No.
Pedantic Man. c
Oh purveyor of pedestrian
knowledge,
I have one for you, one which
may frustrate even your near-limit
less capacities for edification.
For as long as 1 can recall, I have
had dreams in which I am being
endlessly pursued through
enormous buildings which have
more rooms and passageway's within
than they could possibly contain in
reality.
Sometimes 1 am involved in res
cuing someone, but more often I
am alone or with one or two other
people. The people chasing me are
never the same, but I always recog
nize them from real life.
They never catch me, but I never
seem to permanently escape, ci
ther. I have no idea w'hat would
happen if they caught me, or even
why I am running.
Oh, Pedantic one, what could it
mean? Am I doomed to a life of
fruitless evasion and escape? Will I
ever be able lo settle down in one
place? Does it mean anything that
last week, all of my pursuers were
professors with strange tattoos on
their foreheads?
Help me if you can, Pedantic
Man.
From your friend, Apogeotropic
Fellow
Dear Ape-Man,
Settle down. It’s nothing to worry
about. We all dream every night,
and we all have our own dreams
which we may or may not remem
ber. The subjects of those dreams
are as varied as every dreamer, and
there is no reason lo believe that
what we dream will shape our
lives.
Dreams correspond to brain
activity while in the RF.M stage of
sleep. The mind (whether or not it
exists separately from the brain) is
an incredibly rich and complex
thing, any attempt to reduce its
products to a compact set of sym
bols or explanations misses out on
that richness.
Books like “1001 Dreams F:x
plained” are not even worth your
time — belter spend that time trying
to systematically recall and record
your dreams and ponder your reac
tions to them. Such reflection should
provide you with a wealth of infor
mation directly relevant to your life
and feelings.
Whether your pursuer is wear
ing green or wearing a hat or is a
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