Perhaps so, but it doesn't even compare to some of the comments he has made towards the members of this group... Nothing of his rantings indicate that he even has any sense of that either. At least I do...
-Mark -----Original Message----- From: leaking pen [mailto:itsat...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 10:04 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Inventors and Uberman/polyphasic sleep That was unfair, mean spirited, and does not belong in this conversation. Alex 2009/5/31 Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net>: > "I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had." > > Ask grok... > > -Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leaking pen [mailto:itsat...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 7:11 PM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Inventors and Uberman/polyphasic sleep > > That makes sense. Actually, hunh. like cats and most other hunting animals. > > I wonder what type of sleep schedule our primitive ancestors had. > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:07 PM, William Beaty <bi...@eskimo.com> wrote: >> On Sun, 31 May 2009, leaking pen wrote: >> >>> on the uberman sleep schedule... im confused... >> >> Different groups seem to worship different schedules. >> >> As for me, I found that I'd be happily working away, when suddenly >> I'd "hit a wall." I'd have to crawl off to collapse somewhere for a >> few minutes REM sleep. But then it would pass, and I'd leap up and >> go strong for several more hours. A fast-cycling biological clock, >> no theories, just empirical. And once this phenomenon grabbed me, it >> continued without further effort. However, to switch back to 8hr >> nightly sleep, *huge* effort was needed. (In a different situation >> we might say "insomnia is no >> joke.") >> >> I also found what NOT to do: if I kept working through the haze, I'd >> wake up again, and could continue for hours. But the missed naps had >> bad effects, both healthwise and for avoiding something resembling >> schitzophrenia. So I learned to take the onset of groggyness very >> seriously, and not skip any naps, even if I was supposed to be in a >> work meeting, etc. >> >> >>> After moving a couple years ago, i had a LOT of laundry to do. to >>> get through it all, i spent 3 days setting my alarm clock at roughly >>> hour intervals. get up with the alarm, change dryer and washer >>> loads, fold clothes, back to sleep for an hour. I got about 6 >>> actual hours of sleep a night, and fantastic sleep. Why spread it through >>> the day? >>> why not just artificially "reset" your sleep schedule by waking up >>> for 10 to 15 ever 40 minutes or so? >> >> Once you get into that mode, you start sleeping and waking naturally with >> no alarm clocks. But sleeps might be 10-30 minutes long, with several >> waking hours between. And when sleep time arrives, there's no mistaking >> it, it's like drinking a large glass of vodka. >> >> >> (((((((((((((((((( ( ( ( ( (O) ) ) ) ) ))))))))))))))))))) >> William J. Beaty SCIENCE HOBBYIST website >> billb at amasci com http://amasci.com >> EE/programmer/sci-exhibits amateur science, hobby projects, sci fair >> Seattle, WA 206-762-3818 unusual phenomena, tesla coils, weird sci >> >> > > No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.46/2145 - Release Date: 05/31/09 05:53:00
