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comment by rinx
rinx  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: BBC - Future - The people who need very little sleep

Yep! It's called polyphasic sleep. You get about 3 hours of sleep a day. I tried it briefly in college but couldn't get past the first week.





user-inactivated  ·  3186 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd be careful with polyphasic sleep, my friends that have tried it said that they quickly lost any sense of time, and it's incredibly hard to interact with everyone else (because of the varying sleep cycle). There's also the downside that you have less flexibility than a standard sleep cycle. Miss one nap and it will knock you out for days.