CronoDAS comments on When Willpower Attacks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: randallsquared 05 October 2009 04:07:04AM 3 points [-]

And it's impossible to sleep too much more than normal; the better rested we are, the harder it is to fall asleep.

This isn't true, as far as I can see. I know several people who have fallen into the habit of sleeping much more than is normal for months or years, with no apparent physiological reason. Also, I notice that when I sleep in, I typically get up because I don't want to waste more of the day, and never seem to have trouble going back to sleep if I choose to do that. For someone sufficiently unmotivated to do anything, I think sleeping for most of each 24 hours would be possible.

Comment author: CronoDAS 07 October 2009 06:11:43PM 1 point [-]

For someone sufficiently unmotivated to do anything, I think sleeping for most of each 24 hours would be possible.

I've actually tried that, and it doesn't really work. First of all, sooner or later, I need to go to the bathroom, eat, and all those other things. Second, I generally just end up lying in bed, mostly awake, letting my mind wander freely thinking about nothing in particular instead of actually sleeping.