Thanks for this post, I’ve curated it! Reason why include:
In general when we curate a post (e.g. Theses on Sleep) I like curating thoughtful critique of the original post.
While I got a useful new mental model from Theses on Sleep about how to think about sleep, this post has done the valuable work of bringing up a lot of the counterarguments. I didn’t put in the time to do it myself, so seeing the strength of them and critiques of various specific lines of reasoning in the prior post gives me a far better sense of how strong the arguments were in that post.
This post brought together a bunch of different types of reasoning that I really like, not only digging into the literature but also concluding with a series of claims-plus-probabilities, and also a ton of quotes from subreddits to show the first-person experience of sleep deprivation. It was also pretty clearly written and readable, which is rare when doing a dive into scientific literature.
The discussion in the comments has continued to be pretty high quality and helpful, I’m especially thinking about AllAmericanBreakfast’s contributions.
Thanks for this post, I’ve curated it! Reason why include:
In general when we curate a post (e.g. Theses on Sleep) I like curating thoughtful critique of the original post.
While I got a useful new mental model from Theses on Sleep about how to think about sleep, this post has done the valuable work of bringing up a lot of the counterarguments. I didn’t put in the time to do it myself, so seeing the strength of them and critiques of various specific lines of reasoning in the prior post gives me a far better sense of how strong the arguments were in that post.
This post brought together a bunch of different types of reasoning that I really like, not only digging into the literature but also concluding with a series of claims-plus-probabilities, and also a ton of quotes from subreddits to show the first-person experience of sleep deprivation. It was also pretty clearly written and readable, which is rare when doing a dive into scientific literature.
The discussion in the comments has continued to be pretty high quality and helpful, I’m especially thinking about AllAmericanBreakfast’s contributions.