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"embrace polyphasic sleep". Not as easy as you would think. Also, most job schedules don't really allow for a polyphasic sleep schedule.

• loup-vaillant 17y ago
  Plus, it is most probably harmful: http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm http://www.supermemo.com/articles/polyphasic.htm Maybe the author was talking about biphasic sleep (a smaller core night sleep with a big siesta)?
  • oscardelben 17y ago
    In the article I'm talking about biphasic sleep. I think it's still a category of polyphasic sleep, but if I'm wrong I'll edit the article.
    • loup-vaillant 17y ago
      I don't know for sure if you are wrong. Just that according to this article[1], our circadian rhythm makes us sleepy twice a day: at night, and, to a lesser extent, around midday. So it make sense to sleep at both times. Real polyphasic sleep goes again that cycle, and that makes it fundamentally different from biphasic sleep. Now, real polyphasic sleepers don't agree "real" polyphasic sleep is actually harmful. At this point, I am not so sure, and therefore tend to be conservative. I would love to see systematic, long experiments (not just experiences) about polyphasic sleep. [1]: http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
  • zyfo 17y ago
    Rebuttal to aforementioned article: http://www.puredoxyk.com/index.php/2006/11/01/an-attack-on-polyphasic-sleep/ http://www.puredoxyk.com/index.php/2006/11/01/an-attack-on-p... (copy-paste from my comment on the "How to nap..." article)