JGWeissman comments on Group rationality diary, 8/20/12 - Less Wrong
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Oh well.
Nah; my advice would be simply to start spaced repetition in advance, and look into getting a Zeo for recording sleep data. Not complex, but also not advice they're likely to take.
I think they are likely to take your advice, and I would encourage them to do so.
I myself plan to adapt to polyphasic starting September 7th, and would interested in any tests you think I should do.
Having tried to do polyphasic myself twice, and having read a good deal of material from other people, I really would not suggest many tests for 2 reasons:
So, that's my basic suggestion. Pick 1 metric, at most, which requires effort on your part.
Zeos require little-to-no effort, so you can add on 1 metric. My suggestion is spaced repetition (Wozniak would also thank you for data), but also valid would be something like dual n-back (DNB) or the Psychomotor vigilance task (PVT).