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It's interesting that sleep is controlled by mitochondria, but sleep is clearly involved in learning, and whatever algorithm for intelligence the brain does. D
by alphazard 1y ago
It's interesting that sleep is controlled by mitochondria, but sleep is clearly involved in learning, and whatever algorithm for intelligence the brain does. Do those algorithms still work if you intervene at the level of the mitochondria? Or are the mitochondria just a good way of measuring elapsed time through energy expenditure? e.g. The algorithm needs a sleep phase to run roughly every x neural firings, or performance degrades and mitochondria were available as measuring devices when nature needed a way to guess how long the wake phase had been running.
Maybe you could intervene to prevent anyone from feeling tired, but would the learning algorithm still work? That part is still a mystery.
- FrustratedMonky 1y agoThat's a good point. Maybe we found the mechanism to stay awake, but if that doesn't also translate to normalizing everything else that happens while sleeping, then who knows. Maybe people turn into wide awake zombies after a few days.
- 1718627440 1y agoI mean you can suppress sleep right now with coffee, adrenaline and mind-control and this is what it results in.
- BobaFloutist 1y agoMind control? Do tell
- 1718627440 1y agoHaha. I meant control by the mind, not hypnosis. (But maybe that also works?)
- BobaFloutist 1y agoAh that makes much more sense!
- cyberax 1y agoThere are also other reasons for sleep, like cleaning up neurotransmitters and stocking them up in advance. I would guess it's a more immediate trigger?