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That's great for primates, but what about nematodes? Everything with a nervous system sleeps, even when the cost is high.
by smallmancontrov 2mo ago
That's great for primates, but what about nematodes? Everything with a nervous system sleeps, even when the cost is high.
- redox99 2mo agoObviously sleep is necessary. I'm saying that there isn't always a large pressure to minimize sleep. Long sleep can be beneficial just to preserve energy.
- smallmancontrov 2mo agoRight, but my argument is "high pressure never managed to push past this barrier, therefore it's a strong barrier." The existence of other, lower pressure circumstances doesn't have any bearing on the conclusion -- unless you want to argue that the low pressure circumstance is so universal that the high pressure circumstance doesn't exist, that no animal anywhere is inconvenienced by the need to sleep. But I don't think that is what you were going for.