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Re:The timeless, futile effort to fix circadian rhythms with... by MonkeyClub on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:34PM (#31598011)
Weird parallel: Apple ][ ad copy would include monitoring your biorhythms amongst the things you could do with it.
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Re:The timeless, futile effort to fix circadian rhythms with... by emptybits on Thursday June 02, 2022 @02:32PM (#31598791)
Yeah, I recall that also. Apple itself published a biorhythm program.[1] (A pic and WAV file are there!) Many 8-bit computer demos showed off their hi-res graphics with a classic biorhythm plot of three overlapping sines.

We know now though, as we basically did back then, that biorhythm theories have never been validated[2] but circadian rhythms are verifiable and appear to be a real feature of animal sleeping and eating patterns.

[1] https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20P...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorhythm_(pseudoscience)

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