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I wouldn’t be surprised if needing more sleep is a competitive advantage. Increased brain activity leads to increased garbage collection and resetting.
by eanzenberg 8y ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if needing more sleep is a competitive advantage. Increased brain activity leads to increased garbage collection and resetting.
- amelius 8y agoPerhaps the short-sleepers have a concurrent garbage collector ;)
- AstralStorm 8y agoOr just more garbage. The trait might not really be adaptive - the cost might be worse memory for example.