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Are you trying to stop sound getting in or getting out? In the first case some decent earplugs should be sufficient.
Nathan for You S3.E6 also explored this idea as a hotel amenity for sexually active parents.
...and then that episode came on.
Most awkward family night ever.
https://archive.org/details/bf-skinner-his-own-best-subject-...
I would love this. I've never understood why humans waste square footage on large bedrooms. Seriously, I could sleep in a closet and be perfectly happy.
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Are you trying to stop sound getting in or getting out? In the first case some decent earplugs should be sufficient.
No, they are not. Imagine some construction work with heavy drilling outside your bedroom window.
But why are they up off the floor? I read the article... did I miss that part?
Same reason most beds are, pests.
Ever had rats? Fuckers will climb literally anything and get into literally everything. "Roof rats" are a thing.
Elevation does not deter any pest I'm aware of (bears maybe). Your bed will get bedbugs same as a futon, but in the case of rodents their droppings always fall downward. Keeping stuff off the ground keeps it away from filth.
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It's most likely false, considering the rate of malnourishment before the Industrial and Agricultural Revolutions.
There’s some nuance/caveats, but here’s a study showing humans lost height during the switch from hunting/gathering to agriculture: https://modernfarmer.com/2022/04/farming-made-our-ancestors-...
But why are they up off the floor? I read the article... did I miss that part?
These remind me of one of Christopher Alexander's design patterns. He said children's rooms should be actually a room with a shared play space in the middle and cubbies built into the walls on the side with curtains for privacy.
It's bad because you are isolated. You need to get grounded in order to sleep properly: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465/ Big fluffy beds way off the floor are bad. It's interesting to note that the above finds it most effective for women. The below is most effective for men. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10105021/ It shouldn't actually matter your sex. To add, buddhist monks must sleep on the…
> It's bad because you are isolated. You need to get grounded in order to sleep properly: > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465/ This was published by the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, which has also published articles on how homeopathy is effective. I don't know that I would consider it a high quality source.
I did get downvoted badly. I was not aware the NIH was so untrustworthy. People usually accept them as a source.
I will now question the NIH. Thanks for telling me about the NIH.
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> It's bad because you are isolated. You need to get grounded in order to sleep properly: > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15650465/ This was published by the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, which has also published articles on how homeopathy is effective. I don't know that I would consider it a high quality source.
I noticed the same thing, but this makes me more concerned: the link has nih.gov in it. Usually when I read articles from that URL, I tend to put a bit more trust in them than say healthline.org or some blogspam or something like that. Does this mean I have to start taking nih.gov articles with a grain of salt too?
It's not great.