Jonah Lehrer on the Surprising Benefits of Daydreaming

[skeptical902]

I bet your daydreams are rhetorical.

[jws54]

that, this, and some good German bier. I can

[nemesis700]

damn, i daydream all the time. i been daydreaming for years like literally all the time. good to know im creative.

[The3nlightened0ne]

@nemesis700

Now put that creativity to use!

[ieatshit12]

imagination, if you dont got it, your boring!!!

[billthestinker]

too much daydreaming makes me wet and sticky

[neurocrater]

lehrer is fucking HOT

[LeLimeLine]

I checked my email six times during this video.

[LeLimeLine]

tldr

[itsasin1969]

Try smoking some pot , that will help you daydream just fine,, no,,really,

[JayQuebec116]

People are stuck in "mind". They are completely blind of what's happening inside "consciousness"... something like that.

[PuntedKitten]

@JayQuebec116

I think you need to clarify how you define "mind" and "consciousness."

I'll just guess that you think "mind" is just mechanical habits and "consciousness" is what happens when the brain is unoccupied by a specific task; thus allowing the unconscious mind to drift.

Or something...

[LitheInvestments]

imagination is everything

[viletree]

walk out and tune out..

[666norton420]

man, that guy with the dreads is fucking huge compared tot he speaker!!

[paganiniGOGO]

@666norton420

that's jaron lanier, one of the pioneers of virtual reality, you can always recognize him from the dreads

[S0chan]

Oh look, another interesting video from fora that's also premium.

Goddamn you Fora.

[LuminousCosmos]

I drifted off during the video.

[proceedapathy]

@LuminousCosmos Haha, I just realized I did too towards the end but then when I watched it again I actually heard and understood everything he was talking about. So does this prove that you can still be connected and daydream too? Yes! But I do agree with what he's saying though.

[greco0994]

@LuminousCosmos lol

[MustacheVerra]

One annoying thing about daydreaming is that you can wake up in a public space with a hard on.

[superoriginalname]

@MustacheVerra lol been there

[lanceawatt]

@MustacheVerra haha! Good point.

[artformeandyou]

where's the 720p?

[Atttacca]

@artformeandyou

just imagine its there.

[13pernicious13]

@artformeandyou If you want HD you have to pay for it on ForaTv now. =(

[grizzzlyjoe]

I love listening to young people re-inventing the wheel, and then preaching what they've discovered.

"Daydreaming" has long been understood to be THE most creative aspect of "wakeful" human consciousness ... and has led to the vast majority of inventions.

While it can be said that, "Necessity is the MOTHER of Invention", most assuredly, Daydreaming is it's Father.

[conkt]

@grizzzlyjoe Macgyver is the father of invention, sorry.

[grizzzlyjoe]

@conkt Your right... If I were MacGyver, I'd grab a jug of Milk, a hair pin and a bandaid, make a Time Machine, and go back to change my comment.

But then, you wouldn't have made your comment, and I wouldn't be typing now ... I'm getting confused ... and starting to daydream.

[0BatGirl0]

Makes sense, I pretty much live in my imagination and I'm an artist. Most of my inspiration comes from random imagery and ideas I will create when I'm just sitting around bored, usually waiting for a bus or something.

[Phelan666]

Daydreaming is the birthplace of all art.

[gsuitter]

Best time for daydreaming, 4:20.

[ProtagonistNonTheist]

What's the giant ugly thing with dreads?

[christjewells]

@ProtagonistNonTheist the giant ugly thing with dreads is the ghost of bob marley fused with buddha

[arknihil]

@ProtagonistNonTheist

does his nonconformity to social norms hurt your feelings? is an overweight guy with dread locks really that big of a deal? christ, the tiniest little quirks set people off...

[Pothisant]

@arknihil Haha, seriously. What's his problem?

[Alitari]

@ProtagonistNonTheist "What's with the giant ugly thing with dreads?" ... probably meant as a joke, a troll in fact, to poke fun at all the people who will jump to his defence as a knee jerk assertion of political correctness ... that big guy reminds me of a younger Alan Moore.

[arknihil]

@Alitari

political correctness is far less of a problem than people who are too dumb to understand the concept of individualism.