Posted on 03/16/2008 9:49:51 PM PDT by neverdem
I got half way though and got sleepy will finish it in the morning
Sleep research has produced fascinating findings, but what is still very mysterious to scientists-—during deep sleep the EEG is flat lined-—is why we wake up.
Yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn !
Nite Doc !
nite folks 8^)
So. God had a reason for the number of light and dark hours.
I am willing to accept everything these studies show, except this part:
“Van Cauter has made a radical discovery: that lack of sleep may be contributing to the epidemic of obesity in this country through the work of a hormone called leptin that tells your brain when you’re full.”
If you sleep less than 8 hours per night then naturally you’re going to need more food for energy.
He most have forgot Alaska.
I awoke and realized I was not breathing. It was one of the most terrifying things I have ever experienced. In fact it was even worse than that.
It took maybe five minutes of heavy breathing to catch my breath. My Dr. told me it could be serious and if it happened again he would have me go through a program to study it.
Fortunately it never recurred.
“God had a reason for the number of light and dark hours.”
go tell it brother.
: )
Evolution is supposed to be purely accidental but at the same time people like this speak as if evolution is a living entity. They deny a creator but insist that evolution can plan things and make mistakes. One of their constant refrains is that animals "experiment" with certain aspects of physical change, such as flight, indicating that they believe evolution actually has a brain and can set up certain species with experiments before the final change over to another species is made.
As for sleep serving some "critical" function, how about the fact it repairs the damage done to our bodies during waking periods, you know, replacing cells renewing our energy, I guess that isn't a critical function. The reason rats die in 5 days without sleep is because their bodies wear out without the needed sleep to repair the damage. What morons we have running the planet in these times.
“Sleep research has produced fascinating findings, but what is still very mysterious to scientists-—during deep sleep the EEG is flat lined-—is why we wake up.”
Deep sleep is when the operating system is shut down.
Changes are made to hardware wiring, to keep open the new paths granted during the waking hours.
The system is rebooted.
The Operating system is loaded, and a myriad of utilities.
Then, the window (eyes) opens and your computer is ready (awake).
Lesley Stahl puts me to sleep.
Who does that?---the operator is comatose--electrically dead. If there is an auto-reboot in there, it's silent (can't be found.) until it goes to work (sleep spindles.)
Googling while tired can take longer than usual.
(and yes, I know we're not exactly like computers - are we?)
or sister ;)
Not all the operating system is shut down.
There is still bare consciousness, bare awareness, the listener when you talk to yourself.
It is possible to maintain this awareness through transition into sleep, which is known as lucid dreaming.
There’s much in human consciousness that defies reduction to software and hardware.
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