dream prediction memory hits misses diary experiments

Dreams can seem predictive because we remember the hits

People tend to remember dreams that seem to predict later events and forget the many dreams that do not. In experiments where dreams were written down before the outcome was known, they did not accurately predict the future.

Agriculture made slavery more widespread

Slavery was rare among hunter-gatherers because it depended on economic surpluses and substantial population density. Agriculture made those conditions more common about 11,000 years ago; slavery became widespread only after they did.

Earth’s magnetic field pushes away much of the solar wind

Moving material deep inside Earth creates its magnetic field. That field forms a protective region around the planet that pushes away much of the solar wind, although it also traps some charged particles.

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dream prediction memory hits misses diary experiments

Dreams can seem predictive because we remember the hits

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