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• nalllar 10y ago
  Missing the point. The power to ignore sleep would be pointless if it came with the downsides. If I could lose the need to sleep, without any adverse health effects? Awesome. It's a shame that that's not currently possible.
  • goda90 10y ago
    It'd be interesting if we genetically engineered or something, a way to sleep half our brain kind of like dolphins. 8 hours of half brainpower. Though honestly, if you are doing things that take a lot of thinking, your brain is often doing some work still while you sleep.
    • npongratz 10y ago
      I know we're talking hypothetical science fiction here, but assuming each hemisphere requires eight hours of sleep, wouldn't that total 16 hours of half brainpower per day?
  • hyperpape 10y ago
    This sounds like a nice idea, but can I also have a pony? http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/01/13/ http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/01/13/ Why stop there? You could teleport, postpone eating indefinitely, never have to expel wastes, never age, be invulnerable, and think faster!
    • nalllar 10y ago
      > Why stop there? You could teleport, postpone eating indefinitely, never have to expel wastes, never age, be invulnerable, and think faster! Sounds great, sign me up!