Theses on Sleep

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Post by wosk » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 5:33 PM UTC

Theses on Sleep
guzey.com

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Post by georgewsinger » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:14 PM UTC

This essay convinced me to experiment with 6 hour sleep days. Excited to see what happens.

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Post by xlaacid » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:39 PM UTC

This essay, convinced me that people with no domain specific knowledge can cherry-pick ideas to support any BS they want

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Post by georgewsinger » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:49 PM UTC

xlaacid wrote: post #3

This essay, convinced me that people with no domain specific knowledge can cherry-pick ideas to support any BS they want

https://twitter.com/alexeyguzey/status/1490664815039234051

I think the author has been pretty forthright in seeking critiques from professional sleep researchers and neuroscientists.

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Post by nnoitra » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:52 PM UTC

georgewsinger wrote: post #4

xlaacid wrote: post #3

This essay, convinced me that people with no domain specific knowledge can cherry-pick ideas to support any BS they want

https://twitter.com/alexeyguzey/status/1490664815039234051 I think the author has been pretty forthright in seeking critiques from professional sleep researchers and neuroscientists.

I will post random theories about the nature of the universe and I'll tweet that I'm expecting critiques from physicists about my theory.

Damn, should look good on a resume.

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Post by stronglikedan » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 7:56 PM UTC

Perhaps coincidentally, but I can rarely sleep more then 6 hours in a night. It seems that I've always been that way. My eyes just open after about 6 hours, and I feel the need to get out of bed. The only way I've ever been able to get more is when I'm hungover or ill.

I don't ever feel like I need to sleep more, but the anxiety I get from all the sleep studies telling me I do need to sleep more, sure does keep me up at night!

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Post by rich_sasha » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 8:04 PM UTC

The whole “natural” thing is maybe a good source of ideas to try, but that’s it.

A list of things that are totally unnatural: brushing teeth, antibiotics, painkillers, surgery, hip replacements, antidepressants, infant mortality below 10%, not dying of an ear infection, clean chlorinated water...

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Post by jameoblameo » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 8:07 PM UTC

I like that this challenges some assumptions, but it does very little to discredit the AMPLE research in the area. Other than to say, let's not trust old research, which is kind of a gas-lighty way to look at it.

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Post by extr » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 8:15 PM UTC

A lot of this stuff matches my experience. I'm a classic night owl and occasionally subject myself to acute sleep deprivation (< 3-4 hours of sleep). Typically the next day I'm in weirdly good humor, slightly manic, and feel as if my senses have been heightened. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy for saying this, but I enjoy the feeling. If the sleep deprivation turns into multiple days, I begin to become sluggish and irritable...but I try not to let that happen.

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Post by quacked » Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 8:17 PM UTC

Irrelevant to the post, but relevant to sleeping--I fixed my trouble sleeping with candles.

Right before I want to go to sleep, I darken the whole house, light one or two candles, and read a slow-paced book. 15 minutes to drowsiness, 5 minutes to sleep, every time. I'll even look at a blue-light screen right up until candle-time.