Hm. I guess if I was a ninja or something I could see it working. Or Batman. I bet Batman sleeps like that.
Jayne: There's times I think you don't take me seriously. I think that ought to change. Mal: Do you think it's likely to?
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jars - Jan 14, 2006 7:22:34 am PST #9840 of 10002
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 7:30:29 am PST #9841 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm pretty sure that would make me feel more refreshed than the odd sleep pattern could.
I think the point of this guy's experiment was that (individuality obviously not covered) it wouldn't. That he managed to feel better polyphasically than he did normally.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 7:37:04 am PST #9842 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, didn't Kramer try that once? I try not to take my lifestyle tips from him, generally.
§ ita § - Jan 14, 2006 7:37:34 am PST #9843 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wouldn't take anti-lifestyle tips from him either.
Jesse - Jan 14, 2006 8:14:32 am PST #9844 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
For some reason, that sleep thing freaked me out. I think I feel like there must be a good reason for us to schedule our time the way most people do. I mean, right??
Jesse - Jan 14, 2006 8:19:08 am PST #9845 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, looking more at that site, I think it may just be the guy freaking me out, not the concept. Will have to consider.
Jessica - Jan 14, 2006 8:30:12 am PST #9846 of 10002
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
In sleep studies where people have been put into complete darkness for prolonged periods of time, human beings appear to sleep for 7 hours, on a 25-ish hour clock. (As opposed to hamsters, who operate on a 23-ish hour clock. Exposure to sunlight is useful in both cases for resetting the internal circadian rhythms to match the Earth's.) Biologically, we're programmed to sleep at night. Doesn't mean there isn't a better way to do it, but I'd be wary of long-term effects.
(Sleep-deprived rats, for example, simply drop dead after about 15 days. No tests have been done in humans to determine what our limit is, if we have one.)
[edited to correct human/hamster circadian rhythms]
aurelia - Jan 14, 2006 8:36:55 am PST #9847 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I feel much better when I eat small amounts several times a day instead of more traditional meals at 3 meal times. I could see how sleep might work that way to a point. I think his plan is too extreme though. Remembering dreams is a sign that one is not completing a REM cycle, isn't it? I'd be more likely to try for 2 or 3 shortened sleep periods. Of course, even that won't work with my schedule.
brenda m - Jan 14, 2006 8:40:12 am PST #9848 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sleep-deprived rats, for example, simply drop dead after about 15 days.
Before that, though, their appetites increase dramatically to the point where they're eating twice their body weight, but still getting thinner, their hair falls out, and they get lesions on their tails.
My mom was involved in a study that demonstrated all of this, and was kind of aghast when fashion mags started calling to ask about sleep dep as a weight-loss technique.
Kat - Jan 14, 2006 8:44:24 am PST #9849 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
DoDD = Department of Defense Dependent schools.
It was so hard to go to class today. Feh.