Even power naps are hugely useful for a burst of energy when you wake up. It's good to have short power naps in fact in addition to regular sleep.Not too long though, the best effect is waking up before you enter deep sleep.
If humans didn't ever sleep.....
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if its this then the gov would find a way for us to all work 18 hour days instead. it might be interesting though.
as said above, sleep is vital for the brain and our good health. i remember back in my party days the most i went without sleep was 4 days and my brain started to melt. i was seeing all kinds of things and reality started slipping away like a decent tab of acid.
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If people didn't sleep? They would never come up to you and explain all the details of the really amazing dream they had last night.
Come to think of it perhaps we'd spend half our waking hours daydreaming.
Come to think of it perhaps we'd spend half our waking hours daydreaming.
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if true that is messed up! (very much doubt it though but the nazis, russians and japanese have all done worse.
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Sleep deprivation is BAD, very, very bad.
But if humans didn't need to sleep at all things could be a lot more interesting. I mean, if the physiology of humans was as such that sleep wasn't needed then what about other animals? The entire eco system could be different.
Plus you would never have to hear the excuse from you gf "I'm tired I just want to go to sleep early tonight."
But if humans didn't need to sleep at all things could be a lot more interesting. I mean, if the physiology of humans was as such that sleep wasn't needed then what about other animals? The entire eco system could be different.
Plus you would never have to hear the excuse from you gf "I'm tired I just want to go to sleep early tonight."
"I'm tired I just want to go to sleep early tonight."
"You don't have to be awake" *creepy glare*
Plus you would never have to hear the excuse from you gf "I'm tired I just want to go to sleep early tonight."
She'd be washing her hair instead!
I've read many sources say that this article is bending the truth, a lot!
I also believe that the OP means is that is the human race didn't need to sleep -i.e. we would never get tired, and functioned perfectly without ever sleeping as we do now when we are awake.
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I wish we didn't sleep
STUPID BRAIN...
I'd be able to do so much more work.
STUPID BRAIN...
I'd be able to do so much more work.
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Exactly what I thought when I read it.
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I'd be pretty much the same only sleepier!
How do you figure that out?It's not like gestation pauses when sleeping.
It doesn't?
Oops and that's me without sleep
I meant more time to breed.
It doesn't?
Oops and that's me without sleep
It wouldn't really change. You just make a baby a few hours earlier.
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Since we don't sleep 12 hours and stay awake 12 hours, we wouldn't be "twice" anything. We'd only gain 4-8 hours per day to do all this extra stuff so we'd only be 1 and 1/6 or 1 1/3 more productive if anything.
(Assuming we spent an equal proportion of that time working/not working)
...in theory.
(Assuming we spent an equal proportion of that time working/not working)
...in theory.
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We don't? I'd better set the alarm a little earlier.
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I must have forgotten my "OBVIOUSLY" disclaimer in giant flashing text.