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But that extra time spent sleeping is time spent not being awake to do things. So the overall number of useful hours is the same either way?
The longer you live, the better become available treatments in the meantime to make your life even longer. ;)
"Spending 25% more time sleeping increases your life expectancy by 25%." Awesome.
But that extra time spent sleeping is time spent not being awake to do things. So the overall number of useful hours is the same either way?
No, because dreaming is useful and fun. Even more so if you can cultivate lucid dreaming.
"Spending 25% more time sleeping increases your life expectancy by 25%." Awesome.
But that extra time spent sleeping is time spent not being awake to do things. So the overall number of useful hours is the same either way?
Am I the only person that likes sleeping and dreaming? If I were to suddenly find sleep impossible and unnecessary, I would consider that a reduction in my quality of life.
I once, involuntary, went without sleep for around 72 hours. I was at a music festival and we were either pulling through the night or I couldn't sleep because of the noise. When the time came to go home, I really felt pretty good. At that time I had been awake for around 60 hours. My body was tired and my thinking was a bit sluggish, but nothing too bad... Until I got home and tried to sleep. By then I was feeling d…
That's a crazy story, I could never imagine myself not sleeping for 72 hours!! When I mess up my sleeping schedule pretty bad (which happened a lot back in college), I usually do sleep paralysis when falling asleep (as opposed to when waking up). And I can do it 6 or 7 times in a row, it's a nightmare. Usually though, I realize what's going on (it's happened to me so. many. times.) after the second or third 'paralysi…
Is it really such a mystery anymore? Routine maintenance is prudent for any system. Sleep is a maintenance mode. At night, the sun goes down, it gets cold, predators come out. You save a ton of energy and maybe your life by avoiding activity at that time. When its cold you burn extra calories just to stay warm. Haven't biologists got a lot of evidence by now?
I once, involuntary, went without sleep for around 72 hours. I was at a music festival and we were either pulling through the night or I couldn't sleep because of the noise. When the time came to go home, I really felt pretty good. At that time I had been awake for around 60 hours. My body was tired and my thinking was a bit sluggish, but nothing too bad... Until I got home and tried to sleep. By then I was feeling d…
That's a crazy story, I could never imagine myself not sleeping for 72 hours!! When I mess up my sleeping schedule pretty bad (which happened a lot back in college), I usually do sleep paralysis when falling asleep (as opposed to when waking up). And I can do it 6 or 7 times in a row, it's a nightmare. Usually though, I realize what's going on (it's happened to me so. many. times.) after the second or third 'paralysi…
A few weeks after that experiment I found out that some of my memories were missing. I was in high school at the time and I took a university course in classical mechanics with a few friends. This meant going with the train to a different city several times per week, but I had totally forgotten that I did that. I only realized this when my fiends kept talking about it as if I was there too. The memories did come back later; the lack of sleep only only broke the reference to that memory and when the reference was restored the memory itself was still in tact.
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Also if you sleep well, and live 25% longer, that 25% will be when you're old, senile, and unable to do anything useful. Studies about sleep are often just crazy. When did people stop using their common sense? Just have as much sleep as you think works for you.
> Also if you sleep well, and live 25% longer, that 25% will be when you're old, senile, and unable to do anything useful. That's assuming you do become senile and unable to do anything useful. Doesn't necessarily have to happen, and that doesn't mean you shouldn't live a good life. > Studies about sleep are often just crazy. When did people stop using their common sense? Just have as much sleep as you think works fo…
"Spending 25% more time sleeping increases your life expectancy by 25%." Awesome.
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> Also if you sleep well, and live 25% longer, that 25% will be when you're old, senile, and unable to do anything useful. That's assuming you do become senile and unable to do anything useful. Doesn't necessarily have to happen, and that doesn't mean you shouldn't live a good life. > Studies about sleep are often just crazy. When did people stop using their common sense? Just have as much sleep as you think works fo…
Habits like reading every scientific paper and worrying about them?