Learning This dream is made of you. I don't know about you, but recently my own dreams have been Fellini-like fantasies of surrealism. They often occur on giant landscapes with casts of hundreds. For example, this week while enjoying an over-the-top reception hosted by people who had more money than I'll ever understand (and I have no idea how I knew them or why I was invited), I enjoyed a Vietnamese pulled-duck appetizer (is pulled-duck even a part of Vietnamese cuisine?) while thinking that Debbie doesn't like duck, though she was somewhere else at the same party at the same time. So, I was fascinated to stumble upon two articles that seek to explain my wonder-filled dreams. Article: Weird Dreams Train Our Brains to Be Better Learners. Article: Dreaming Is Like Taking LSD