So, first off, anyone have any good plans for a home made eeg? im interested in taking a closer look at my own sleep schedule.
Based on all the conversation, I've decided to try a slightly modified uberman, to see if it fixes my issues. So, 45 minute nap at 5 yesterday, again at 10, slept from 2 to 5:15, 45 minute nap on the bus from 6 to 645. plan on a nap at noon, but so far, not that tired, with very little sleep. im liking this. now, to see what my body thinks, even if the mind is happy. The more I think about it, the more i agree, its hunter gatherer versus farmer. the hunter/gatherer is always active, always moving. being able to catnap constantly, like, well, a cat, was very desirable. the farmer is in one place, generally works the fields while the sun is out, has nothing to do after sun down with a lack of light. has a safe location where you dont have to worry about predators and moving every so often, so sleeping in a straight chunk works better to let you stay awake all day working. So... narcoleptics... genetic throwbacks? On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:09 PM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote: > On Sun, 31 May 2009, leaking pen wrote: > >> I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had. > > While in accelerated mode I wondered about this, and "saw" the answer in > some detail. Are fever-dreams trustworthy? > > In "town" mode everybody crawls into their wigwams and sleeps at night, so > the society remains synched up. In "individual hunter" mode you might > chase down large game for hours, catnapping, even without shooting it, > until it gives up. (Impressive big hunter drives it in a wide circle, so > it finally walks into the villiage and collapses.) In "being hunted down > by invaders" mode, the ones who sleep more will fall behind: a large > natural selection force. If some humans needed 8hrs sleep, then a mutant > "sleepless" tribe could always run them into the ground like large game. > Our ancestors are the ones whose bodies/minds figured out the solution. > > > (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (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 > >
