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> The article doesn't really claim that this kind of sleep is better or more natural It does: "the benefits of dividing up sleep" "single periods of slumber
by axiolite 5y ago
> The article doesn't really claim that this kind of sleep is better or more natural
It does:
"the benefits of dividing up sleep"
"single periods of slumber might not be 'natural'."
THIS article soft-peddles such claims biphasic sleep is better and more natural ONLY because those theories have been largely discredited since it was first put forward. Try an older article:
"Ekirch believes many sleeping problems may have roots in the human body's natural preference for segmented sleep"
"a consolidated eight-hour sleep may be unnatural"
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783
> Is the idea that it was common now thought to be false?
Yes, that part is likely false, too:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-many-myths-of-paleo-sleeping/410707/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-many...