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The research described is about the adaptive benefits of sleep to species as a function of their ecological environment. This has no implications for the differ

The research described is about the adaptive benefits of sleep to species as a function of their ecological environment. This has no implications for the differences between individuals, even though the article desperately tries to make it seem that way. If you're suffering from insomnia, get help. Don't be a smart-ass and fool yourself into thinking you're supremely adapted to your environment.

RyanMcGreal 17y ago
I wouldn't say I suffer from insomnia...
- ewjordan 17y ago
  Right with you there. However, I do suffer from the people around me bitching about my sleep problems because they see me up at 7 AM after a long night of coding. If one more "helpful" printout with an "FYI" scribble on it mysteriously appears on my desk explaining how to fix a chronic sleep problem I swear I'm going to scream... But "insomnia" probably isn't the right word for me. I get my eight hours like clockwork, I just take it whenever it suits me. A lot of people think that's a problem, but if it is, it's certainly not mine. I don't have a 9 to 5 for a reason (many, in fact), and I'm going to enjoy the benefits of that as long as I can. There's just something so productive about that midnight to sunrise stretch that's impossible to replicate during the day...
  - cracki 17y ago
    please, would you do me the favor of catching these printout-droppers and whacking them over the head for me? if my school and work didn't interfere, i'd try the 28-hour day... http://xkcd.com/320/ http://xkcd.com/320/ also: http://xkcd.com/571/ http://xkcd.com/571/
    - etal 17y ago
      I've had better results with a siesta schedule -- 6 hours asleep at night, half-hour nap during the day, awake for both night life and morning obligations and nobody thinks you're crazy (as they would with the Everyman schedule). The Wikipedia page on Sleep actually covers the current theories pretty well, including this article's hypothesis and a rebuttal to it.

RyanMcGreal 17y ago

I wouldn't say I suffer from insomnia...

ewjordan 17y ago
Right with you there. However, I do suffer from the people around me bitching about my sleep problems because they see me up at 7 AM after a long night of coding. If one more "helpful" printout with an "FYI" scribble on it mysteriously appears on my desk explaining how to fix a chronic sleep problem I swear I'm going to scream... But "insomnia" probably isn't the right word for me. I get my eight hours like clockwork, I just take it whenever it suits me. A lot of people think that's a problem, but if it is, it's certainly not mine. I don't have a 9 to 5 for a reason (many, in fact), and I'm going to enjoy the benefits of that as long as I can. There's just something so productive about that midnight to sunrise stretch that's impossible to replicate during the day...
- cracki 17y ago
  please, would you do me the favor of catching these printout-droppers and whacking them over the head for me? if my school and work didn't interfere, i'd try the 28-hour day... http://xkcd.com/320/ http://xkcd.com/320/ also: http://xkcd.com/571/ http://xkcd.com/571/
  - etal 17y ago
    I've had better results with a siesta schedule -- 6 hours asleep at night, half-hour nap during the day, awake for both night life and morning obligations and nobody thinks you're crazy (as they would with the Everyman schedule). The Wikipedia page on Sleep actually covers the current theories pretty well, including this article's hypothesis and a rebuttal to it.