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Re:Myths About Sleep by tocomment on Thursday August 20, 2009 @08:41AM (#774876)
I think this one is no longer a myth:

3. Some people function perfectly on four hours of sleep.

I read about a gene that some people have that lets them do this: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/813/2

Re:Myths About Sleep by berntb on Thursday August 20, 2009 @08:49AM (#774899)
Thanks for the tip but we'll have to wait a decade, at least, for therapeutic gene therapy.