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

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Comment author: Tenoke 11 July 2013 05:59:39PM 0 points [-]

I would bet that 12 naps group would have an easier adaption.

I would bet on the 6 nap group if this actually happens at some point (which I strongly doubt).

How long did it take you from the very start of taking up polyphasic to getting used to everyman? Also have you tried the normal method (starting straight with everyman) or 6 naps from the start?

Comment author: JGWeissman 11 July 2013 06:58:59PM 0 points [-]

I switched to everyman 3 on the 9th night of my adaption (counting the initial sleepless night as the first night). I have only adapted once, and I don't think it would be useful to do it again, because now I already know how to nap.

I would bet on the 6 nap group if this actually happens at some point (which I strongly doubt).

If an experiment is setup which defines a measurement of success, we should make a bet on it then.

Comment author: Tenoke 11 July 2013 07:07:07PM 0 points [-]

I'm sorry but my question was:

How long did it take you from the very start of taking up polyphasic to getting used to everyman?

by this I mean how long did it take you from the first night of no sleep/naps only to being adapted to everyman and not feeling sleep deprived. Unless you are claiming that you were already adapted on the first day after the switch?

Comment author: JGWeissman 11 July 2013 07:45:20PM 0 points [-]

From my first day actually on everyman 3, I was getting more quality awake hours than on monophasic. I was actually doing really great initially, until I got the flu a week in, and then it took a while to reestablish the schedule. I don't really remember the timeline very well.

Comment author: Tenoke 11 July 2013 08:25:21PM 1 point [-]

From my first day actually on everyman 3, I was getting more quality awake hours than on monophasic.

I am skeptical as to whether you were immediately adjusted as opposed to feeling better because you added a lot of sleep to your prior schedule (uberman). Getting the flu (or just having flu-like symptoms) and falling out of schedule seems like further evidence for the second option