and of course 5 years after that they'll find that the excessive amounts of being awake stress the heart an inordinate amount or something like that.

 

Flux, I think you once blogged about polyphasic sleep, but I honestly can't remember. I'm surprised you haven't tried it yourself though--in a nutshell, you sleep in 30 minute spurts every 6 hours, for a total of 2 hours every 24. The trick is training your brain and body to enter REM sleep immediately, so you get the most rest in the shortest amount of time. People whom are on this schedule say they remain very alert despite the low sleep numbers, but it's not been tested long term, so risks like heart disease, cancer, obesity, or any other myriad of crap are fairly unknown.

It also has the problem of a rigid schedule--if you miss one of those 30 minute blocks, you're probably screwed, and not in a good way.

On a side note/fun fact, Batman (the comic hero, not any of the actors that played him) was said to be on a Polyphasic sleep schedule so he could guard the city by night and be international billionaire playboy by day.

 

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