This looks interesting; I regret that my life is too scheduled, and is entwined too strongly with other people's schedules, to try it myself. On another note: if polyphasic cuts out everything but REM, does that make people more likely or less likely to remember their dreams? I enjoy dreaming and can remember it some mornings, but other mornings I know I dreamed but can't recall it. Still other mornings, I have no idea whether or not I dreamed at all.
On another note: if polyphasic cuts out everything but REM, does that make people more likely or less likely to remember their dreams?
Steve Pavlina's experience was positive- he would lucid dream and remember them better, I believe.
My experience has been negative. My first dream was a nightmare about falling asleep. A later dream had no visual input (but I recognized where things were and what they were regardless). Recently, at least half of the dreams I recall are just blackness and possibly an ache somewhere (though that has become less recent), wher...
My friend and I are starting the Uberman sleep schedule (six 20-minute naps spread evenly throughout each day) tonight. Have other lesswrongians experimented with alternate sleep schedules? Are any of you qualified medical experts who can give input or advice? Success stories and failure stories would both be appreciated, and I'll keep you guys posted on our progress.