I've read multiple accounts of people who tried it and claimed they were just as rested. But I emphasize try because they no longer do it, and I bet the reason is they were not just as rested.
There was that guy (though I cannot remember who it was) who claimed to have sustained polyphasic sleep for 9 months and only stopped it because he found it hard to interact with people and socialise because his schedule was too different from everyone elses. But, I have no evidence, so.. that FAQ seems reasonable though.
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I've read multiple accounts of people who tried it and claimed they were just as rested. But I emphasize try because they no longer do it, and I bet the reason is they were not just as rested.
edit: polyphasic sleep discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=652650
http://www.supermemo.com/help/faq/polyphasic.htm This was a great find, thanks for the link. Pretty much proved all my thoughts true
Interesting read.
There was that guy (though I cannot remember who it was) who claimed to have sustained polyphasic sleep for 9 months and only stopped it because he found it hard to interact with people and socialise because his schedule was too different from everyone elses. But, I have no evidence, so.. that FAQ seems reasonable though.
Steve Pavlina?
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/03/polyphasic-sleep-on...
he has a ton of articles on his blog describing his experience
Yeah, that was probably who I was thinking of. Thanks for the link.