"I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had."
Ask grok... -Mark -----Original Message----- From: leaking pen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:Inventors and Uberman/polyphasic sleep That makes sense. Actually, hunh. like cats and most other hunting animals. I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had. On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:07 PM, William Beaty <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 31 May 2009, leaking pen wrote: > >> on the uberman sleep schedule... im confused... > > Different groups seem to worship different schedules. > > As for me, I found that I'd be happily working away, when suddenly I'd > "hit a wall." I'd have to crawl off to collapse somewhere for a few > minutes REM sleep. But then it would pass, and I'd leap up and go > strong for several more hours. A fast-cycling biological clock, no > theories, just empirical. And once this phenomenon grabbed me, it > continued without further effort. However, to switch back to 8hr > nightly sleep, *huge* effort was needed. (In a different situation we > might say "insomnia is no > joke.") > > I also found what NOT to do: if I kept working through the haze, I'd > wake up again, and could continue for hours. But the missed naps had > bad effects, both healthwise and for avoiding something resembling > schitzophrenia. So I learned to take the onset of groggyness very > seriously, and not skip any naps, even if I was supposed to be in a > work meeting, etc. > > >> After moving a couple years ago, i had a LOT of laundry to do. to >> get through it all, i spent 3 days setting my alarm clock at roughly >> hour intervals. get up with the alarm, change dryer and washer >> loads, fold clothes, back to sleep for an hour. I got about 6 actual >> hours of sleep a night, and fantastic sleep. Why spread it through the day? >> why not just artificially "reset" your sleep schedule by waking up >> for 10 to 15 ever 40 minutes or so? > > Once you get into that mode, you start sleeping and waking naturally with > no alarm clocks. But sleeps might be 10-30 minutes long, with several > waking hours between. And when sleep time arrives, there's no mistaking > it, it's like drinking a large glass of vodka. > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) > William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website > billb at amasci com http://amasci.com > EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair > Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci > >
