tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post116619808927363323..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: I ain't givin' up on sleepGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1166492858533568342006-12-18T20:47:00.000-05:002006-12-18T20:47:00.000-05:00i'm with yah - i would never deprive myself of swe...i'm with yah - i would never deprive myself of sweet sleep. to be honest, i don't want to be that efficient. and i don't really want to live in a society that values a 24/7 efficiency either! <BR/><BR/>and then there's the dreams. As a dream researcher, I work best when i'm laying down. and no biological explination could convince me that dreaming is not important to our psychological functioning. maybe we could survive without dreams - but it wouldn't be livin.'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1166459353396958262006-12-18T11:29:00.000-05:002006-12-18T11:29:00.000-05:00Hi everyone,Thank you for all the great comments. ...Hi everyone,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for all the great comments. I appreciate all the excellent feedback and supplemental information.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1166248928906672242006-12-16T01:02:00.000-05:002006-12-16T01:02:00.000-05:00Wow, this entry sounds like something my boyfriend...Wow, this entry sounds like something my boyfriend could have written...he is a veritable sleep-fiend. And though sometimes I'd like it if I could make sleep <I>optional</I>, the prospect of never dreaming again does not sound like an appealing one.<BR/><BR/>It's probably a good example of why conscious evolution doesn't just mean bulldozing everything about reality-as-we-know it, but rather, allowing each person to determine what works best for them (which, depending on the person, could mean radical physiological and cognitive modification or very little modification). <BR/><BR/>In short, things have value because people value them, not because of any kind of objective external criteria, and certainly not because they're "natural" or "unnatural". <BR/><BR/>There's nothing Luddite about liking something and wanting to be able to keep experiencing that thing. Luddism happens when people deliberately sabotage (or attempt to sabotage) progress due to a conviction that *they* somehow know what's best for everyone and that nobody should even have the choice to change certain aspects of their own existence. Wanting to enjoy the warm and snuggly aspects of dozing and the swirling surrealism of dreams is not the same thing as wanting to make it such that nobody else can ever do anything that reduces or eliminates their need for sleep.Anne Corwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-1166240990796417982006-12-15T22:49:00.000-05:002006-12-15T22:49:00.000-05:00Modafinil is truly a remarkable drug. Users can ge...<I>Modafinil is truly a remarkable drug. Users can get by on very little sleep -- as little as 4 to 5 hours per night.</I><BR/><BR/>Five hours a night is about what I average anyway. Maybe with Modafinil I could get by on just two? That would be something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com