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It's a false dichotomy, on a lot of hard problems progress is a step function, and you often "get much done" while sleeping. I.e. when you wake up well rested y
by lkozma 16y ago
It's a false dichotomy, on a lot of hard problems progress is a step function, and you often "get much done" while sleeping. I.e. when you wake up well rested you see things from a different angle. If it's something like chopping wood, sure, the less you sleep the more wood you chop, within reasonable limits, but I don't think that is what these articles aim for. I think it's wrong to look at sleep as a waste of time the same way time spent thinking about something is not wasted either.
Here's some information I mostly agree with:
http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm
- mzl 16y agoI think that you are missing the fact that short-sleepers wake up well-rested, even though their sleep-time is much shorter and would not suffice to give us normals enough rest. I'm not sure if there has been any actual studies that show that longer sleep-times given ad-libitum sleeping is more effective in helping the brain process more information during the sleep phase.
- lkozma 16y agoYou are right, I'm not aware of any such study either. What I meant is just that there is no need to feel guilty for whatever amount of sleep feels right, regardless of what society says in the name of efficiency and productivity. It's ok to enjoy sleeping.
- mzl 16y agoI fully agree with that. I love to sleep, and like my 8 hours of sleep per night.