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My (semi-serious) theory: Sleep is us logging off of this MMO game we play. Our "real" bodies (minds) need some downtime from the game. So this explains why real AI will never happen: This reality is not where our consciousness lies.
Wouldn't they just pause the game though? In which case we'd never notice.
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We can't all be plants and fungus.
Why? I think it is possible for life to evolve on a planet with only plants and fungus. Plants have been pretty successful down here on Earth, and I think most of them don't need animals for their survival (except flowers?).
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"Likely" is not the word I would go for. "according to my wild guess" is a more accurate term.
I've heard it before and it's not their wild guess but a seriously discussed idea. It's just that it's hard to set up experiments to test these sort of ideas.
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Probably through an overnight clinical sleep study.
Another option is to perform a sleep study at home. You borrow a wearable device that records your sleep quality, breath, ECG, etc. You wear it over night, then turn it in for analysis. Common symptoms of sleep apnea are if you're regularly tired without apparent reason or experience a reduced ability to concentrate during daytime, or if your surrounding complains that you snore loudly.