/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10118656
I think it's just genetic but I don't have a single source to back this up. I need 6.5 hours a night and I'd like to go with less as well.

>>10118656
AMPHETAMINES

>>10118656
I used to do the same as a teenager, seemingly to little ill effect functionally. In fact, it made me work better. Things no longer work that way though. Amphetamine alone also won't cut it and isn't relevant here.

There's likely a small genetic basis, the rest having to do with mental and emotional patterns. The competence of the body's antioxidant system being the main aspect.

>>10118679
h-how?

>>10118705
I part don't remember, and part can't meaningfully summarize what that state is comprised of, what likely maintains it, how it becomes more the bowl than the peak. Chronic stress and long term illness has pretty much torn me to the ground. I feel like a clone with someone else's memories, but even those are fading.

Sorry.

maybe he wouldn't have needed to take amphetamines all the time if he got enough sleep instead LOL

>>10118656
Pure meme, don't base yourself on anecdotal evidence, everybody needs healthy sleep

>mathematician gets praise regardless if he uses performance enhancing drugs
>athletes get banned if they use steroids

>>10118748
>Advancing human knowledge is a competition
Though I have to say at present it's a net negative for the human condition, no matter who's doing it.

>>10118754
i guess i was going more at the lack of social stigma

>>10118756
>>>/pol/

>>10118748
Intellectual work enriches humanity as a whole, for as long as the work persists. But all the effect an athlete can evoke is just "wow, that's a bit stronger/faster than the last guy".

>>10118764
are you fucking retarded?

>>10118673
yeah, erdos did a lot of speed
/thread

>>10118909
You ever done speed? You ever sleep for 3 hours, wake up, take some speed and expect to just go about your day?

Hint: It doesn't work.

I mean come on people. We're almost speaking on the level of magic. Am I just going to skip sleep and cast my fatigue abolishing and restoration spell? Take a potion to restore my mana, grab an eve hypo? No, you just can't.

>>10118915
are you trying to refute the fact that air douche did speed?

>>10118917
Are you just pretending to be stupid?

>>10118921
yeah i guess so

>>10118925
holy shit look at that thumbnail
hope i don't get optimized by the based optimizer ;^)

>>10118925
Optimized.

>>10118938
>samefagging THIS hard

>>10118656
No he didn't

>>10118656


my opinion:
no fap (as in: no ejaculations whatsoever)

that's why buddhist monks can sleep so little

Just looked it up and Paul Erdős never married and had no children
And since he was lucky enough to die before the internet, porn was probably not an issue for him.

>>10118656
Mathematics is brainlet tier and doesnt require too much brain power and thus sleep hours.

>>10119280
Haha. Oh wow.

>>10118656
He took stimulants

Napoleon and voltaire supposedly did the same thing but they were exceptional people, and so was erdos. Stuff like that doesn't work for us mortals.

>>10118656
Not from a Jedi.

>>10118754
>>10118784
delusional

>>10118713
>No ill effects

Sure thing pal

>>10119285
Optimized.

Does constant lack of sleep reduce one's cognitive abilities forever? I was getting 4-5 hrs for the whole previous year and it feels now as if I became a dumbest motherfucker.

>>10118656
I have a nose problem and if i dont sleep 12 hours a day im not at my full, i can usually be fine with 2 two 3 hours a day then again im not at my best, i think it is because im always sleepy that i work so well without sleeping, i always wonder if i would sleep every two or three days if i could breathe properly

>>10118656
The man looks like death warmed over and you wonder, can you be like him. Sure!, deprive your body of needed sleep and you too can look like the crypt keeper.

>>10118656
Different people need different amounts of sleep which is why no one can agree on some "golden" amount of sleep.

>>10120224
>Different people need different amounts of sleep
But WHY?

I've never had a very stable or structured life, and as a result I've been many different people. I can tell you quite easily that your requirement for sleep can vary greatly, depending on your overall frame of life and mind.

>>10118938
Optimized

>>10120713
Optimized.
>>>/b/784168659

>>10119319
Vain