Literary HackInception: Is it Possible?
September 3rd 2010 17:22
Inception is a part Sleepers, part Matrix; an interesting and complex theme with the setting being the human subconscious. For me, the movie is two and a half hours of non-stop action, a relatively impossible feat. Christopher Nolan once again strikes gold as the writer and director of the film. (His last three films are Dark Night, The Prestige, and Batman Returns.)
What interests me the most about this film, though, is the concept of inception: the ability to plant an idea in someone's subconscious that then becomes their idea in reality. Perhaps, this article explains it best while simultaneously NOT spoiling the movie for those who have yet to see it. I found three points of interest that also illustrate that a version of inception could really exist.
For instance, a device already exists that can read someone's mind called a functional MRI scanner. It takes snapshots of brain activity, which then computer software can recreates images of what the subject was seeing in his dreams.
Another thing I've always wondered was if you could get out of a dream and whether it is possible to know you're in a dream while in a subconscious state. The article claims the "easiest way to experience a lucid dream is to train yourself to ask, 'Am I dreaming?' while you are asleep. Keen video gamers, probably because they focus on a single task for hours per day, are particularly good at lucid dreaming."
The actual time spent in different layers of dreams is not factual, but the article does go onto say that the "illusion of time is created by the brain itself."
Rowan Hooper, news editor of New Scientist magazine
What interests me the most about this film, though, is the concept of inception: the ability to plant an idea in someone's subconscious that then becomes their idea in reality. Perhaps, this article explains it best while simultaneously NOT spoiling the movie for those who have yet to see it. I found three points of interest that also illustrate that a version of inception could really exist.
For instance, a device already exists that can read someone's mind called a functional MRI scanner. It takes snapshots of brain activity, which then computer software can recreates images of what the subject was seeing in his dreams.
Another thing I've always wondered was if you could get out of a dream and whether it is possible to know you're in a dream while in a subconscious state. The article claims the "easiest way to experience a lucid dream is to train yourself to ask, 'Am I dreaming?' while you are asleep. Keen video gamers, probably because they focus on a single task for hours per day, are particularly good at lucid dreaming."
The actual time spent in different layers of dreams is not factual, but the article does go onto say that the "illusion of time is created by the brain itself."
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