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Offline Mánagarmr

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The Polyphasic Project
« on: July 15, 2012, 06:26:32 pm »
So tomorrow is my first day of a four week vacation, and the first day of "The Polyphasic Project™"

I will attempt the Uberman sleep cycle for four weeks and see if I can achieve a polyphasic lifecycle. Wish me luck! I will, if I can, video document the project wether I succeed or fail.

Wikipedia article on polyphasic sleep.
Youtube playlist of the Vlogs.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2012, 06:47:58 pm »
While I'm sure this is possible, it doesn't seem like a very good idea.  The long-term health risks of this kind of radical sleep deprivation haven't been fully observed.  If you're just doing it to see if you can I wish you the best, but maybe you should stop after your vacation ends ;p
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2012, 06:50:51 pm »
Richard Buckminster Fuller (the inventor of the Uberman cycle) himself lived like this for several years without any detectable health problems. I also don't intend to make this a long going project. It's mostly just !!SCIENCE!!
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2012, 07:26:31 pm »
Reminds me of summer vacations during pre-college years where I'd play games or read or whatever for about 26 hours, pass out for about 10-12, games/read another 26, etc...  probably not the most healthy thing I could have done ;)

Nowadays if I stay up regularly past midnight I get sick.  Sigh.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2012, 07:49:36 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on July 15, 2012, 07:26:31 pm
Reminds me of summer vacations during pre-college years where I'd play games or read or whatever for about 26 hours, pass out for about 10-12, games/read another 26, etc...  probably not the most healthy thing I could have done ;)

Nowadays if I stay up regularly past midnight I get sick.  Sigh.
Hahah, that sounds distinctively bad, yeah. Polyphasic sleep is more like "reordering" your sleep phases to only sleep REM-sleep which is the most beneficial for the mind and body. No doctor has yet to find any direct harmful effects by it, but one should also be aware that almost all research that has been done on the subject has been by laymans and not real scientists.

Regardless, it'll be a fun project.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2012, 08:46:43 pm »
A better use of your time would be lucid dreaming. In short, become a psychonaut.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2012, 08:56:12 pm »
Quote from: Cyborg on July 15, 2012, 08:46:43 pm
A better use of your time would be lucid dreaming. In short, become a psychonaut.
Might try that too some other time. ;)
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2012, 07:11:07 am »
A friend and I once stayed up for 48 hours straight.

The results were... unusual, to say the least!
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2012, 11:28:44 am »
Quote from: Cyborg on July 15, 2012, 08:46:43 pm
A better use of your time would be lucid dreaming. In short, become a psychonaut.

What would be left as motivation to wake up then.....

If you actually try 2h a day of sleep you will quickly notice what real sleep deprivation is and why it's called torture ;) Because once you stop, you won't be able to healthily sleep for a week. And this period is about the worst thing ever. Because nothing absolutely NOTHING is worse than being dead-tired, wanting to sleep, not being able to.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2012, 11:55:09 am »
Yeah, the "run-in" period is the worst I hear. Day 4-10 around. No quality sleep for a week. You're in a zombie state.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2012, 12:23:54 pm »
If I sleep less than 9 hours I'm dead.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2012, 12:33:50 pm »
Quote from: Kahuna on July 16, 2012, 12:23:54 pm
If I sleep less than 9 hours I'm dead.
The AI has made a note of this.
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2012, 12:51:28 pm »
I myself think he's a bit crazy doing this but hey, what do I know? ;)

Good luck!

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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2012, 01:01:32 pm »
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 16, 2012, 12:51:28 pm
I myself think he's a bit crazy doing this but hey, what do I know? ;)
Your statement implies that Fox is not already crazy, therefore your argument is invalid ;)
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Re: The Polyphasic Project
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2012, 02:17:11 pm »
Quote from: keith.lamothe on July 16, 2012, 01:01:32 pm
Quote from: KingIsaacLinksr on July 16, 2012, 12:51:28 pm
I myself think he's a bit crazy doing this but hey, what do I know? ;)
Your statement implies that Fox is not already crazy, therefore your argument is invalid ;)

A good point
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