malcolmocean comments on Seed Study: Polyphasic Sleep in Ten Steps - Less Wrong

31 Post author: BrienneYudkowsky 11 July 2013 07:17AM

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Comment author: malcolmocean 11 July 2013 05:57:22PM 0 points [-]

If I were in the study, I would pay to be in the 12 naps group (I realize this would be bad data wise). Sleep dep sucks, and taking extra naps can be such a relief.

So I'd bet that for both physiological and psychological reasons, the 12 naps group would be much more likely to succeed, and to enjoy it.

Comment author: Puredoxyk 27 July 2013 01:32:17PM 0 points [-]

Of course, 12 naps means twice the opportunities to oversleep...

I'm fascinated by the idea of using extra naps during adaptation, since it is a natural response to want them, and the people I've known who took them deliberately didn't find them harmful (unless they overslept, which is a definite risk if one is already exhausted). I never allowed for them myself.