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Meanwhile in other news: Frenchman develops pills to make flatulence smell of roses
Good quote. I am now going to refrain from sleeping.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Thomas Edison was very big on power naps.
But sleeping at night was something he didn't like to do.
Some people can get away with that, others can't.
Sleep is really weird when you think about it, and Edison was clearly wrong. Pretty nearly everything sleeps. Most animals live in constant fear of becoming dinner, yet we shut ourselves down for hours at a time during which we are totally vulnerable. If it was possible to evolve a different strategy, SOME animal would have done so, because the cost is clearly so high. The fact that all vertebrates sleep must mean that sleep is essential, even if we don't really know why. Whatever role it fills, it is right up there with breathing and eating (a bit below breathing, and a bit above eating).
Yeah, he was clearly wrong about that, but it's a unique perspective. I would love to never have to sleep. Whenever I go to bed, I have so many ideas in my head and I'm afraid of my dreams stealing them forever.
I'd rather not spend a third of my life in a dormant state, too, but it's really interesting that sleep is SO essential. We are trying to make robots and the like, and those generally have no need for sleep, but then again, they are not as capable as we are. What role does sleep play that is so essential? Would it be useful for AI, as well?
I've always wondered if sleep was to us as a battery swap is to a robot.
Edison... power naps... POWER naps... EDISON... POWER.... I get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dday9
Drat! You've foiled my plot to subliminally insert energy puns. If it weren't for those meddling kids and their dog.
Im onto you dday9... if thats even you real name *pulls off mask* *is actually Brad Jones*
Jeepers creepers!
Hedgehogs for all?
Going to Benihana for dinner. Woot!
Moles sleep underground.
Hippos sleep under water (Sometimes).
Horses sleep standing up.
Cows sleep with their eyes open....
I knew there was a reason you shouldn't trust cows.
That's a load of bull.
Actually it has partially evolved already. Dolphins I believe actually only sleep with half their brain with the other half wide awake to process stimulus and keep the animals in constant motion of some kind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I think sharks also sleep with half their brain.
When you really think about it, it doesn't seem that strange at all. Think about what would happen if you left a car running for a week straight. Without "sleep", I doubt it would last very long. Hell, it may not even make the full week. Sleep most likely serves the same purpose. The idea is that any complex system that uses energy to perform work will inevitably need periods or dormancy. This of course is just my own theory. I also have a theory that if any system could perform energy conversion with 100% efficiency then rest would be unnecessary for such a system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker