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It should be noted that Matthew Walker, in his book, acts as a scientifically unrigorous advocate and gets a lot wrong. I agree with the general message "many
by waterhouse 4y ago
It should be noted that Matthew Walker, in his book, acts as a scientifically unrigorous advocate and gets a lot wrong. I agree with the general message "many people need more sleep than they get, this is a problem, we should take this seriously and accommodate them"; but one must also be certain of one's facts. See "Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors": https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/ https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/
Prior discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21546850
- 8ytecoder 4y agoI have a habit of searching for “<famous book> criticism” before I read popular books. So I did find this article and the discussion on Reddit [1]. I came to the conclusion that the book won’t pass a complete scientific scrutiny but it’s still directionally accurate for me to not dismiss it. [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/dwtr0m/_/f7mid7m https://old.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/dwtr0m/_/f7...