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Re:Alternate Sleep Cycles by gwern on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:24PM (#3350175)
It would be nice if there were any verification of that; if their anecdotal word were enough, we wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place. ('Oh, it works great for you? Great! Case closed.') Someone saying that, at one point they slept without an alarm, is very far from showing polyphasic sleepers have no sleep debt or deprivation.
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Re:Alternate Sleep Cycles by wbeaty on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @05:39PM (#3354038)
The real problem is that it's an amateur discovery, and the professionals are having none of it.

When something makes experts look questionable, expect irrational flamewars in response. Or derisive dismissal, at the very least.

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Re:Alternate Sleep Cycles by gwern on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @06:48PM (#3354306)
Lucid dreaming was an amateur discovery as well.
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