# What do blind people dream?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-dream/166321 "2003-04-03T23:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Second](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Second](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Second)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-dream/166321/1 "2003-04-03T23:32:03Z")

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When we dream we visulize the events around us ect… But what would a blind, or for that matter a deaf person dream about? Scent, smells, or just voices? I don’t know it’s just hard to imagine that, any blind or deaf dopers have a answer?

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**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-blind-people-dream/166321/2 "2003-04-04T00:04:09Z")

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Cecil speaks on [What are the dreams of the blind like?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_310.html)