orthonormal comments on Humans are not automatically strategic - Less Wrong

153 Post author: AnnaSalamon 08 September 2010 07:02AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 08 September 2010 07:08:44PM 3 points [-]

Depending on your environment, the late night hours could also serve the same purpose.

Comment author: jimrandomh 08 September 2010 07:23:16PM 7 points [-]

The deciding factor there is likely to be biochemistry, not environment. Many people simply can't be very productive late at night. They run into issues like caffeine crashes, as well as other biochemical fatigue causes that're harder to identify.

Comment author: orthonormal 08 September 2010 10:59:29PM 3 points [-]

Yup. I'm one of four new hires; two of us keep a relatively normal workday, one wakes up at 5 and does all his work in the morning, and one stays up and does all his work between 10 PM and 4 AM. (Thank goodness for academia.)