Yeah, I've read Steve's "DIY" experiment and enjoyed it thoroughly. It's important not to confuse conditioning with adjusting. We can condition our bodies to do what it was not designed to do through repetition, but that does not mean our bodies will adjust to it the same at the biological level. The problem is that the body is not designed to adjust to this unnatural way of sleeping without side-effects and while you can condition the body to do it, just as Marines are conditioned to go through Polyphasic sleep, the results are sub-standard human performance. Have you ever seen a top athlete who doesn't value a good sleep? There is a reason for it and the detriments of polyphasic sleep may not be immediately apparent, but they are there. |