Couple of fixes to the polyphasic sleeep post

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Wesley Moore 2011-01-22 03:35:40 +11:00
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I've lamented the amount of time dedicated to sleep for many years now. There's I've lamented the amount of time dedicated to sleep for many years now. There's
evidence of it as far back as 2001 where I included the following ["moto" on my evidence of it as far back as 2001 where I included the following ["motto" on my
home page][moto]: home page][motto]:
> "Sleep is the single biggest waste of time in life. Avoid it at all costs." > "Sleep is the single biggest waste of time in life. Avoid it at all costs."
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The way the sleep schedule works is that initially you become so sleep deprived The way the sleep schedule is supposed to work as follows: Initially you become
that at each of the nap times your body decides it best make the most of the 20 so sleep deprived that at each of the nap times your body decides it best make
minutes of sleep it has available to it and skips the usual sleep phases and the most of the 20 minutes of sleep it has available to it. It skips the usual
jumps directly to the R.E.M. phase. R.E.M. sleep is what is mainly responsible sleep phases and jumps directly to the R.E.M. phase. R.E.M. sleep is what is
for recharging and fending off tiredness. Its also been reported that by mainly responsible for recharging and fending off tiredness. Its also been
getting R.E.M. sleep across the whole day you wake up feeling really switching reported that by getting R.E.M. sleep across the whole day you wake up feeling
on and alert and therefore potentially more productive. Wikipedia has a [good really switched on and alert and therefore potentially more productive.
summary on polyphasic sleep][wikipedia]. Wikipedia has a [good summary on polyphasic sleep][wikipedia].
[wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep [wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphasic_sleep