Not taking the wisdom of nature seriously and, in particular, failing to appreciate the possibility that a considered intervention (e.g. polyphasic sleep) might do more harm than good.
Failing to do all sorts of things that I would have enjoyed merely because they involved some trivial inconvenience.
No. I haven’t tried polyphasic sleep, which I mentioned merely as an example of the perils of ignoring the “wisdom of nature” heuristic. (I now realize that my wording didn’t make this sufficiently clear.)
Not taking the wisdom of nature seriously and, in particular, failing to appreciate the possibility that a considered intervention (e.g. polyphasic sleep) might do more harm than good.
Failing to do all sorts of things that I would have enjoyed merely because they involved some trivial inconvenience.
I’ve heard a few people say that polyphasic caused them lasting harm. Was that the case for you?
No. I haven’t tried polyphasic sleep, which I mentioned merely as an example of the perils of ignoring the “wisdom of nature” heuristic. (I now realize that my wording didn’t make this sufficiently clear.)
Can you be more specific (if you don’t mind sharing)?
This recent post by Ben Kuhn describes in more detail the phenomenon I was hinting at.