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One thing that I wanted to try (but never had the schedule to support) is polyphasic sleep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep http://en.wikipedia.or
by kylek 16y ago
One thing that I wanted to try (but never had the schedule to support) is polyphasic sleep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep). The idea that sleeping 15 minutes every 4 hours (on a very strict schedule) to keep your mind close to a waking-REM-type sleep. Granted, every few weeks you would have to crash HARD (20+ hour rest).
- Jcasc 16y agoI also considered experimenting with this in college. I never ended up doing it, though.
- ramchip 16y agoI'm... not sure what the point of such a comment can be. It's interesting in unintended ways.
- rick888 16y agoThe problem with this is that everyone is on the regular sleep 8 hours per-night schedule and you wouldn't be able to do this if you were working a regular job.
- scott_s 16y agoThis has come up on HN many, many times: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1464142 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1464142 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652650 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652650
- MicahSeff 16y agoSeeing as I have an inability to get more than five or six hours of uninterrupted sleep a night, polyphasic sleep has always appealed to me. My life is a constant struggle against sleep deprivation and running a startup for the past year hasn't helped matters one bit. Still, it's rather hard to see a way for a sleep schedule like this to be viable for most people unless it becomes the dominant way that people find their rest (which is hardly likely).
- mattm 16y agoFrom what I've read about polyphasic sleep, it doesn't seem to be best for humans. A lot of people have difficulty with it. I've come to the conclusion that people are biphasic. I think people perform their best with a long night's sleep and then a short nap around 2pm. I've noticed this works for me. YMMV.