In my opinion, dream interpretation as practiced by most Fr… - Connie Willis

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In my opinion, dream interpretation as practiced by most Freudian psychiatrists, including some of mine at the Institute, is nothing more than a fancy system of guessing. I think trying to understand the ‘real’ meaning of a dream without reference to the physical state of the dreamer is as pointless as trying to understand what a fever ‘means’ without studying the body.

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Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born 31 December 1945) is an American science fiction writer.

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