MatthewBaker comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jordan 05 August 2011 08:05:37PM *  1 point [-]

All i'm saying is that people attribute evolutionary reasons to things that have many separate causes and are unproven because they think they understand it.

I agree, however, reverse stupidity is not intelligence. You say

the behavioral pattern that polyphasic sleep requires isn't evolved into our system its just a natural response to the natural light patterns of our world

but this seems like an unsubstantiated claim, just as much as people claiming sleep must be an evolved behavior. I agree that sleep is at least partially behavioral, but it's unclear to me that there isn't an evolved component. See this blurb from Wikipedia, which suggests that human sleep patterns are not completely dependent on external stimuli.

Comment author: MatthewBaker 05 August 2011 08:17:24PM *  0 points [-]

Your right, I was being too rhetorical when i said that. The final point of my piece was simply a way of explaining the quote, i can agree that

human sleep patterns are not completely dependent on external stimuli. and hopefully we will research them more.

Comment author: Jordan 05 August 2011 08:51:06PM 1 point [-]

Fully agree, especially because I suffer from chronic insomnia =D

Comment author: MatthewBaker 05 August 2011 08:55:07PM 0 points [-]

Have you tried vaporizing medical sleepy weed? That helped a lot with my insomnia :)

Comment author: Jordan 05 August 2011 10:33:18PM 1 point [-]

Definitely works better than any supplement or herbal remedy I've tried, but I usually don't feel rested the next day.