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Comment author: [deleted] 28 July 2014 10:05:08PM 2 points [-]

There one theory not yet covered in our discussion. It possible to imaging sleep as a garbage collection process. After N hours of being awake the body needs N/2 hours of sleep to get sort through all the information stored while being awake. It's also possible that it needs (N^2)/32 hours of sleep to sort through all the information.

Based on my experience the couple times I stayed awake for more than 24 hours in a row, I think it's very unlikely to be quadratic, at least for large N.

BTW, does anybody know of anyone who's tried http://xkcd.com/320/ for more than a few weeks in a row?

Comment author: Lumifer 29 July 2014 12:34:44AM *  0 points [-]

does anybody know of anyone who's tried http://xkcd.com/320/ for more than a few weeks in a row?

<img src="http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/28_hour_day.png" title="Small print: this schedule will eventually drive one stark raving mad." alt="28-Hour Day" />

:-D

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