sleep - no longer needed

[chaos]

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/12/sleep_deprivation

This is ridiculous! I have a feeling if this stuff proves to work well we will all be working 24/7 :-(

 

[CaptKirby]

More work will probably be pretty lame, but not having to sleep would be amazing.

One thing that you need major rest for is muscle recovery though, which to me only seems to really happen during sleep?

 

[chaos]

yeah i was kidding in the topic title and such, this isn't a replacement for sleep. however, it'd be very helpful for those nights i procrastinate on term papers...

 

[Blue Kirby]

That's quite the discovery there.

I can see it being useful in some instances, but I just don't see alleviating chemical symptoms of sleep deprivation doing the same for physical symptoms. It could be dangerous if overused by workaholics though.

 

[CaptKirby]

oh no I know you are not entirely serious, but I was just stating what little I know on the topic

 

[Surgo]

I don't think it'll be a stable alternative to sleep in the long run though.

Oh, it definitely won't. Sleep isn't just for muscle relaxation -- it's for nerve relaxation too.

 

[havoc]

my intuition is telling me that it might work short term, but could really be disasterous in the long run.

from what I remember in one of my psychology courses, we don't really know exactly what goes on during sleep, so just inhaling some chemical seems like it's covering up the issue instead of really making it (sleep) "unnecessary," so to speak.

 

[Warthog]

interesting.. Id like to see how this progesses in the future. No sleep though would SUCK because its one of the few things that I enjoy most in life.

 

[Bioshock]

Sounds cool. I could use it in the morning right before school. Next they need to make a chemical that you inhale before sleep that ensures that you will remember your dreams. They say you always dream but you forget them most of the time. I have had only a few times when I can remember my dreams and they are fucking awesome.

 

[KOL40]

I NEED some of that!!!

 

[Lee]

I imagine that the military will be latching onto this chemical and seeing what use they can get out of it. Sleep is already kept to a minimum in the Forces as it is so this could be a godsend, although I'm sure there would be uproar if soldiers were forced to go weeks without sleep, even with a wonder drug.

Sure is an interesting find.

 

[aura_lucario]

That could be really useful at times.

 

[Steeler]

man that's batshit dude

this could come in handy so often, you know, in little short term/one night stand situations

 

[Firestorm]

I can see this being a big seller during the end of term.

 

[Glen]

this will make a ridiculous amount of cash off college students

i also see the possibility of addiction being a problem! but anyways yeah anyone who thinks this could outright replace sleep is stupid, the psychological effect of not sleeping for a long period of time would probably destroy your mind

 

[Pneuma]

If only I had a use for it.
Here I am, it's 6:30a.m. and not for me waking up really early. Last night I got 3 hours of sleep, and by last night I mean yesterday morning after sunrise.

May be great for studying/working long hours on a project if they market it in the private sector, but being Darpa-funded makes it out to be some new stim-pack for soldiers.

 

[Atlas]

i would love for this to replace sleep (you know, if this had all the benefits that sleeping actually gives you). id get so much more stuff done (actually since i do nothing it may seem like a big deal, but i take pride in my nothingness).

The monkeys were deprived of sleep for 30 to 36 hours and then given either orexin A or a saline placebo before taking standard cognitive tests.

im hoping cattle prods werent involved :(

 

[X-Act]

This is all wrong, since we need sleep. If we didn't, we would have evolved that way.

 

[Shigeru]

But hey, we've been defying nature for so long why not boot sleep too?

 

[Shiney]

Probably because sleep is fairly necessary to process everything that happened during the day, sleep speeds the healing process, and the things already mentioned, and more besides.

I wonder what side effects this drug would have though. It might be handy for the odd night you want to stay awake, but I doubt if using it regularly would be healthy at all.

 

[Taylor]

Yeah I'm curious as to what "side-effects" this drug may cause, but I ejnoy sleeping, so I won't be working with this most likely.

 

[Aeolus]

This would be a great replacement for my war chest of caffeine pills... think of the procrastination opportunities...

 

[Doomsday]

that's pretty cool. I understand that even if this is successful it won't replace sleep, and I'm glad. I like sleeping. dreams are cool.

 

[the Lexx]

this is a neat discovery - despite how much I sleep I get I'm almost always tired, I could use a few of those

 

[majesty]

Oh, it definitely won't. Sleep isn't just for muscle relaxation -- it's for nerve relaxation too.

Not to mention the brain will actually shut down in a "holy fuck you are now dead" kind of way with enough consecutive nonsleeping events.