That was unfair, mean spirited, and does not belong in this conversation. Alex
2009/5/31 Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net>: > "I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had." > > Ask grok... > > -Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leaking pen [mailto:itsat...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:11 PM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > 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 <bi...@eskimo.com> 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 >> >> > >
