Hello Raefforedaerps,
I am really happy when someone that registered a while ago becomes active.
The name of the topic is really funny.
Lemme point first that it’s still hypothesis, not a theory, because we have no means to validate that to become a theory.
Secondly, we often make that joke on LD4all chat channel.
I think dreams are not originally meant to be lucid, but it doesn’t mean they cannot be natural.
However, this topic could lead to unexpected (perhaps unwanted) discussion.
So moderation team should be aware about how this could turn up. My apologies in advance.
Because, if it’s a mutation, there are several intepretations to that (not always mutually exclusive):
- If someone has LDs after learning to use techniques, that person has the mutant gene, which means someone who doesn’t, won’t ever succeed;
- If someone has them naturally, this could mean that person has the mutant gene, but achieving with techniques doesn’t need that.
- There could be gene variations;
- There could be more than one type of gene that causes similar phenotype;
- The mutant gene could be more common to a specific region because of breeding/race/geography;
- The mutant gene could provide a broader phenotype: that is, more than one trait than just LDing, possibly even something visible. Also, LDing could be simply a secondary phenotype to that gene;
- AFAIK, mutant genes are usually recessive, therefore parents that both have the phenotype are highly likely to have children who show the same phenotype;
- AFAIK, mutant genes are usually recessive, and recessive traits might become more and more rare as the population mixes up. If you claim it could be “Possibly the next step in human evolution”, then it would require some external factor that causes the selection, that is, would these people be more likely to reproduce and/or survive? And why?
- Possibly many more…
There are traits that are not necessarily useful.
Example: we have redundant organs. Some people have genetic diseases/malformation. These could be recessive traits, so that means anyone could be healthy while carrying a single allele and then is “unlucky” to have unhealthy children.
Some studies suggest that there is a large portion of our genetic code that is not used at all, that could point that not everything is necessarily useful.
But if you are searching for a way to take advantage of LDs, you should browse Lucid Adventures.
Maybe it’s not LDing itself that is hard, I always claim that it’s more about lacking awareness and recall. It’s natural to lose awareness while falling asleep. It could be just how it works. I mean, it does not have to be a constant fight that your subconscious is always trying to trick you.
I have had LDs before knowing more LDers and I am pretty sure that there are “contagious thoughts” about it. Some people have experiences and describe them, which could indirectly incubate other people to believe them and then it happens to them as well.
For instance, during the Inception hype, there was a trend of discussion about dream characters (DC) that could become aggressive in groups just like it happens in the movie. While many people could relate, that is not the way it would happen in my dreams.
Some could suggest that there are old texts that could be lucid dreaming.
An example has been recently brought up again.
Most people appear to be different but I cannot validate whether a person is really unable to. I have seen reports that there are people who cannot dream at all. Here in LD4all we are recommended to be positive that anyone could in fact LD.
I think there are cultural factors that affect it more than genes. Except for natural LDers maybe, but there are still environmental factors. The point is, many people I know think this is simply stupid, madness or that we just use it for silly practices.
Thanks for reading. 