ChristianKl comments on A quick calculation on exercise - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 26 October 2014 06:09:45PM 0 points [-]

But there are two contrasting effects here -- by exercising, you'll need to sleep more, but you'll also get more hours of actual sleep per hour spent in bed trying to sleep

I'm not sure whether that's true. Dancing well can in my experience mean sometimes mean that I get by with less sleep.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 October 2014 12:37:24PM 0 points [-]

That's probably the second of the effects I mentioned, if you interpret “actual” narrowly enough.

I'd guess that with different types of exercise, e.g. weight training, the first effect might win instead.

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 October 2014 03:55:36PM 0 points [-]

I'm not sure. Meditative trance states do have shown in some cases to be able to replace sleep. When I dance well I think it's plausible to be in a trance state which cuts down on sleep.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 October 2014 04:31:45PM 0 points [-]

Good point.

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