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I find this argument odd for a couple reasons. First, if you "can't get back lost sleep", wouldn't that mean that you were tired forever? I'm definitely more
by wccrawford 6y ago
I find this argument odd for a couple reasons.
First, if you "can't get back lost sleep", wouldn't that mean that you were tired forever? I'm definitely more tired after 24 hours awake than 18. But I can sleep and get back to normal.
Second, I once stayed up for almost 3 days straight. At the end of that, I slept for 24 hours straight. I woke up the next evening as if it were a normal morning, fully refreshed. (I went to bed about 5pm, and woke up about 5pm the next day.)
If I didn't "bank" my tiredness and pay it back with sleep, how is that even possible?
- deegles 6y agoSleep is essential for memory and skill consolidation. What they mean by not being able to recover sleep is that if you (for example) try to learn something while sleep deprived, more of those memories will be lost the next day. Sleeping extra on the weekend will not make those memories come back. The benefits of sleep are "lost" forever.
- fossuser 6y agoIf that's what they meant then isn't that what they should have said? What you're saying makes sense, but it's very different from what was said in that interview.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoGrandparent's description is exactly how I read the interview too.