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That settles it, I'm throwing away my eyeglasses and not doing anything a bear wouldn't do.

benibela 7y ago
Far more people need eyeglasses now than a few decades ago. It is like a myopia epidemic. That implies that most people who need glasses now could see perfectly well without glasses, if they had grown up in a more natural lifestyle with more outdoor time and less screentime
luckydata 7y ago
Flippant retort that completely misses the spirit and the substance of my comment. If you think there’s a way to safely “hack” your body to somehow undo evolution be my guest. As a culture with a proud tradition of ignoring nature and fucking ourselves up, we should rethink our approach to our bodies and health. If your body asks you for some rest, your first instinct shouldn’t be “what kind of meds can I take to avoid resting”, should be “how can I change my lifestyle so I can rest a little more.
- firethief 7y ago
  When I asked the original question, I was looking for more than a poll; I was hoping someone had some insight into which of the two views to go with here (i.e. whether the evolutionary reasons for the sleepier-in-winter phenomenon are still applicable today or not). You've made it clear which side you're on, without any substantive argument yet. In hopes of eliciting one, I'll play devil's advocate. Food has always been scarcest in winter. The smart move is to invest less when risk/reward is poorer. A straightforward way for mammals to do that is to conserve energy by sleeping more in the winter. So, there's a reason I'd expect mammals to have evolved to sleep more when there's less light, but this reason is no longer applicable in modern societies. Right?
  - luckydata 7y ago
    That's somewhat pointless. You have an extremely complex system of hormones and circadian cycles that might have evolved for obsolete reasons, but you're still bound by it. It might be intellectually interesting to understand why (necessary even) but you're still better off avoiding the urge to "hack it".

Far more people need eyeglasses now than a few decades ago. It is like a myopia epidemic. That implies that most people who need glasses now could see perfectly well without glasses, if they had grown up in a more natural lifestyle with more outdoor time and less screentime

luckydata 7y ago

Flippant retort that completely misses the spirit and the substance of my comment. If you think there’s a way to safely “hack” your body to somehow undo evolution be my guest. As a culture with a proud tradition of ignoring nature and fucking ourselves up, we should rethink our approach to our bodies and health. If your body asks you for some rest, your first instinct shouldn’t be “what kind of meds can I take to avoid resting”, should be “how can I change my lifestyle so I can rest a little more.

firethief 7y ago
When I asked the original question, I was looking for more than a poll; I was hoping someone had some insight into which of the two views to go with here (i.e. whether the evolutionary reasons for the sleepier-in-winter phenomenon are still applicable today or not). You've made it clear which side you're on, without any substantive argument yet. In hopes of eliciting one, I'll play devil's advocate. Food has always been scarcest in winter. The smart move is to invest less when risk/reward is poorer. A straightforward way for mammals to do that is to conserve energy by sleeping more in the winter. So, there's a reason I'd expect mammals to have evolved to sleep more when there's less light, but this reason is no longer applicable in modern societies. Right?
- luckydata 7y ago
  That's somewhat pointless. You have an extremely complex system of hormones and circadian cycles that might have evolved for obsolete reasons, but you're still bound by it. It might be intellectually interesting to understand why (necessary even) but you're still better off avoiding the urge to "hack it".