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I was expecting the article to explore how you are basically interrupting sleep to achieve this. The purpose of sleep isn't to dream, it's to garbage collect.
by sollewitt 2y ago
I was expecting the article to explore how you are basically interrupting sleep to achieve this.
The purpose of sleep isn't to dream, it's to garbage collect. Activating parts of the brain to control dreams means they aren't sleeping anymore, which surely is getting in the way of the primary function?
- sebastianconcpt 2y agoThe GC hypothesis is an hypothesis of one of the possible functions of sleeping. Nature never does 1 thing and 1 thing alone.