What are the odds?
Britain has a population of about 60,003,000.

Let's assume a low average of 1 dream per person per night, and that each dream features a low average of 1 British person.

This would mean that a British person would appear in a mean average of 1 British dream per night.

Life expectancy in Britain is 79.4 years, or 29000 days.

Thus an average of 60,003,000 / 29,000 = 2069 British people die every day.

If each British person appears in a mean average of 1 British dream per night, that would mean that on an average night, the people who died that day appear in a total of 2069 British dreams.

In other words there should be over 2000 prophetic dreams of death every night.

The figure would be higher if the person didn't have to die that very day for the dream to count as prophetic, or if you tended to think of people more when they're sick.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 11:38, 13 replies)

You need to factor in drunk people, who don't tend to dream as they go into Stage 6/7 sleep immediately
- Mental patients
- People on hallucinogenic drugs
- Insomniacs

Basically, when I dreamed that Wendy James off Transvision Vamp was giving me a blowy, it should have come true, and frankly I feel short-changed.
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 12:11, closed)

For some reason
I always imagine Wendy James as nowdays being a drunk who screams "I used to BE SOMEBODY!"
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 20:48, closed)

SHUT UP.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 27 Apr 2011, 8:47, closed)

On average I have 1 British dream a night and 3 moody French ones.

( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 26 Apr 2011, 12:48, closed)

I have American dreams.
They're mostly inferior remakes of French dreams.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:44, closed)

Put the
crack pipe down pls
(username failed moderation, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:42, closed)

You forgot to finish your post.
The bit at the end was cut off, where you explain why what I said was wrong.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 13:45, closed)

cos we all know that crack increases your understanding of probability
and makes you a better statistical thinker.

This is why you never see crackheads getting their palms read or buying homeopathic medicines.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 16:10, closed)

Sorry, I must have been daydreaming.
The missing bit is '.'
(username failed moderation, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 17:08, closed)

I don't get your point.
Neither, I suspect, do you.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 20:50, closed)

Every time you dream about someone
do you dream that they die? Worried for you.
( Herman Blume is unique, just like everyone else, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 17:32, closed)

That's
not what it says.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 20:49, closed)

I thought it would only be prophetic if someone dreamed
of the person's death...
( Herman Blume is unique, just like everyone else, Tue 26 Apr 2011, 21:39, closed)