# Can science prove that dreaming really exists?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 11, 1999, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-science-prove-that-dreaming-really-exists/16627 "1999-06-11T07:28:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 1999, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-science-prove-that-dreaming-really-exists/16627/21 "1999-06-17T14:48:00Z")

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pld, hey, you finally sadi something I agree with. Yipeee!

Related question: WHen I see the color purple, is it hte same color that you see. Is what I call Purple your yellow?

And can’t I just fill my head with a bunch of “paranormal” mumbo jumbo, throw out science and just believe whatever the hell suits my particular whim at any moment?

They have a place where this is the norm. THey call it Boulder, CO.

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**Post date:** [June 18, 1999, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-science-prove-that-dreaming-really-exists/16627/22 "1999-06-18T00:18:00Z")

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Duh, Thor … regardlessof the qualitative differences in differnt people’s perception of a color, if you call it yellow, so will I. The only way we might call the same color different names is if one of us undergoes a dramatic shift in the way we perceive color **after** we’ve learned to associate a color with its name.

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