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Re:Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the ... by pm90 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @07:02PM (#17280635)
Everything derives from the laws of physics (well as we understand it now at least; our understanding has and will change in the future) so its not that surprising that in aggregate they would result in similar systems.

I'm not saying its not fascinating though. It is incredibly fascinating, and this kind of research is exactly why we should be investing MORE not less in pure science.

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Re:Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the ... by nonbel on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:59AM (#17283517)
>"this kind of research is exactly why we should be investing MORE not less in pure science."

I disagree. Look at the paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)...

Can you point out where they even report the temperature of the brain/brainstem? This looks like it is just wild speculation.

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Re:Researchers suggest that R.E.M. sleep serves to warm the ... by godshatter on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @10:57AM (#17293817)
Agreed. Hopefully someone will so we can get some good data on this.
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