system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is it that when I'm dreaming I can make up the most awesome stories, but when I'm awake I get as creative as a peanut?
gpt
When you are dreaming, portions of your brains responsible for critical thinking operate at a diminished capacity.  

This means that ideas that pop into your dreams seem more awesome than they are, because you are not noticing the parts that suck.