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Ah, I align with him then. Regarding mortality and the 7 hour mark, this is such unfortunate bullshit, that keeps being propagated by people who should know be
by slver 5y ago
Ah, I align with him then.
Regarding mortality and the 7 hour mark, this is such unfortunate bullshit, that keeps being propagated by people who should know better. Ill people sleep more (even if you catch a cold, once you get past the peak, you sleep more for a few days) because their body requires more recovery.
In chronically ill people this continues for a long time and the body never is able to catch up to the problem it's trying to solve.
But despite all the "correlation not causation" mantras repeated by everyone, we keep citing this as if we decide to sleep a bit more that'll make it more likely to die, which is nonsense.
- wfn 5y agoAh okay, so basically you're saying that the mortality vs > 7 hour sleep time correlation claim hasn't normalized / accounted for other parent causes (e.g. chronic illness and other things affecting / disturbing sleep quality)? I'm a noob here, but if that is the case, that is very unfortunate and frustrating.
- slver 5y agoI've not seen a single study to demonstrate causative link, or conclusively eliminate other variables (which is frankly quite impossible anyway). Unfortunately a lie repeated a thousand times (by media) becomes truth. And it's just too juicy of a news to say "sleeping too much bad for health". Especially managers, they love that kind of news ;-) BTW my frustration is pointed at general media and society, not you in particular, I wasn't clear.