What Birds Dream About: How Evolution Invented REM in the Avian Brain So We May Practice the Possible in Our Sleep

The article discusses the concept of dreaming in birds, specifically focusing on REM sleep. It suggests that during REM, a state between waking consciousness and the unconscious, birds may practice potential realities. The piece posits that this ability to dream could be an evolutionary development that allows for a form of consciousness experimentation originating in the avian brain.