Sleep no more

[Jason McCullough]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1249864.html

Obvious followup: LOCK HIM INTO A LAB UNTIL WE CAN ALL DO THAT ARGHHH

[nutsak]

He's obviously evil. Chuck him down a well.

And none of you even think about making a tape of him.


(Oh, never sleeping would be awesome.. if it were a choice.)

[Rywill]

That would rule.

[extarbags]

Do they have a way of analyzing him to make sure he's not just... you know... saying that he hasn't slept in 20 years?

[Warlord of Mars]

How is that possible, though? Won't his body break down without proper tissue rest? R.E.M. sleep? It's a wonder he's not insane.

[Tim Partlett]

My worry is that when the anti-sleep lifestyle drugs, like Modafinil, come onto the market that it won't free humans at all, but put additional pressures on us to work longer hours, only without sleep. It doesn't require any evil government to enforce new labour laws, or malevolent managers, just the natural competitiveness of humans. I have this horrible feeling that one day soon we will all be forced to take these drugs in order to stay competitive.

[John Reynolds]

That would rule.

I'd spend my nights reading and playing EQ2 on a server with lots of Australians and New Zealanders. :P

[Rob_Merritt]

Do they have a way of analyzing him to make sure he's not just... you know... saying that he hasn't slept in 20 years?

Good point. However it isn't the only person to do this. (if he really is) A saw a program on a similar person in england. She hadn't slept in over 5 years. Through regular study, it appeared she did as she claimed. Just never sleep. However went they hooked her up to monitor her brain waves, her brain was going into a sleep like mode every few minutes and even though she appeared to be doing normal activities, she was in a "sleep walker like state". She wouldn't be very resposive and shudden changes in situation were cause her to freeze until the slept like state passed. Needless to say he never drove or this would of been a problem in her life a lot sooner.

[shift6]

Beware this guy's alter-ego Tylersky Durdenov.

[Jason McCullough]

Do they have a way of analyzing him to make sure he's not just... you know... saying that he hasn't slept in 20 years?

Good point. However it isn't the only person to do this. (if he really is) A saw a program on a similar person in england. She hadn't slept in over 5 years. Through regular study, it appeared she did as she claimed. Just never sleep. However went they hooked her up to monitor her brain waves, her brain was going into a sleep like mode every few minutes and even though she appeared to be doing normal activities, she was in a "sleep walker like state". She wouldn't be very resposive and shudden changes in situation were cause her to freeze until the slept like state passed. Needless to say he never drove or this would of been a problem in her life a lot sooner.

Shit. :(

[VegasRobb]

My worry is that when the anti-sleep lifestyle drugs, like Modafinil, come onto the market that it won't free humans at all, but put additional pressures on us to work longer hours, only without sleep. It doesn't require any evil government to enforce new labour laws, or malevolent managers, just the natural competitiveness of humans. I have this horrible feeling that one day soon we will all be forced to take these drugs in order to stay competitive.

If they find some kind of side benefit, they can fast track it like flouridation and put it in the water.

[GMicek]

I knew a guy in Vegas named Clint that would tell us he never slept. As it turned out het would go to bed and within 5 minutes of falling asleep he would stop breathing and wake up suddenly. Apparently that when on for years on end, and he was always suffering from various illnesses because of it (according to his doctors). The biggest pain in the ass is that he wanted to sleep, he was always tired and just talked about sleeping.

Eventually he was referred to some place where they did sleep research and they gave him some sort of mouth piece. Pop the mouth piece in before going to bed and when he dozed off he would sleep like a baby with no problems. Funny thing was that he would never sleep more than 4 hours a night, it was all he needed I guess.

[Chris Nahr]

That's what happens when the tongue falls back and blocks the windpipe as soon as it relaxes completely. One of the standard things ENT specialists look for.

[dannimal]

Isn't that just like sleep apnea?

[Chris Nahr]

Well, the effect is the same... but I don't know if this mechanical obstruction is also called apnea.