tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post4309204071371772760..comments2014-01-22T19:54:04.485-05:00Comments on hwkns: Polyphasic Sleep TheoryHawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07110999911524698859noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-86435988345553954582008-01-25T20:11:00.000-05:002008-01-25T20:11:00.000-05:00Awesome analogy.Awesome analogy.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990391998739223083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-32052522137795921662008-01-24T23:34:00.000-05:002008-01-24T23:34:00.000-05:00Hi Daniel,I love the library illustration. That ma...Hi Daniel,<BR/>I love the library illustration. That makes sense to me and is very interesting. I am not susre the schedule would be very user friendly as the rest of the world, work, play, etc, is set up around the older, more traditional schedule. Of coursre you can make your own schedule, especially in college, except for class schedules, aand tests, and labs. I am not sure one would have enough time for the body to repair itself, physically. It will be a very interesting experiment. I will await your results with anticipation...Love and Best Wishes! Mom<BR/>January 24, 2008 11:15 PMMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16275740573431733516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-88415038098727175042008-01-24T19:50:00.000-05:002008-01-24T19:50:00.000-05:00Huh, this is rather interesting. How's your exper...Huh, this is rather interesting. How's your experience going?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-61826770695035728062008-01-24T18:10:00.000-05:002008-01-24T18:10:00.000-05:00I am so impressed, I did not know you were serious...I am so impressed, I did not know you were serious about your hacking sleep theory ! <BR/>I am adapting right now, I'm in the period of tiredness induced-energy boost. It's kind of...special..FreeLancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06504906944332604885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-23307546673658317472008-01-24T11:17:00.000-05:002008-01-24T11:17:00.000-05:00That whole library thing makes sense. It kinda wor...That whole library thing makes sense. It kinda works out with what I've been doing the past few years and especially what I was doing in 05. It explains why my dreams were so vivid and instant. I think of dreams often as what our conscious perceives when our brain is "de-fragging" while we sleep. It explains, in a way, why dreams can be so random and jump around so much. Well in 05 I was 4 or 5 hours a night and would take many short naps during the day, and I still tend to take those naps now, not quite as frequently and I'm getting an hour or two more a night of sleep, however when I slip in to these naps (sometimes as short as a few minutes) there is instantaneous dreaming. Also during fall of 05 I was not doing any school or work and would stay up in a free running sleep like pattern, except instead of sleeping once I felt tired I would push myself past the first tired stage and go through my second wind before sleeping. This often resulted in a 24-36/10-15 wake/sleep cycle. I'm pretty sure that wasn't healthy. However it does somewhat follow the "no stimuli" rule of free running sleep tests since I stayed in a dark room with blinds closed and didn't take regular meals (or eat much at all actually.)<BR/> As for what to do after midnight, this is an excellent time to study, or use it for your time to research things that interest you, learn a new hobby, play video games, catch up on tv shows (via dvd or tivo)<BR/> I'm tempted to try this with Daniel... it would be great to have more time than I have now, and actually be more functional.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630737803936275713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5586385051860418032.post-34971605637616753532008-01-24T03:00:00.000-05:002008-01-24T03:00:00.000-05:00I once read a study, by Claudio Stampi (I think), ...I once read a study, by Claudio Stampi (I think), that stated that polyphasic sleepers have a higher memory retention & analytic ability than mono- and bi- phasic sleepers, but still suffer a 12% loss compared with free running sleepers.<BR/><BR/>I've been doing free running sleep the past two weeks of IAP, and it has been fairly awesome.<BR/><BR/>I'm postponing my own polyphasic sleeping until term starts when I have a set schedule.<BR/><BR/>I'm considering not doing it at all though. It's fairly weird. After midnight, everything is closed, and a good amount of your friends are asleep as well, so if you have nothing to do, it's a terribly boring and lonely time.Hank R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14391533984705240683noreply@blogger.com