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		renewiltord on Nov 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Engineering Sleep Is it really possible? Taking 16 waking hours to 20 waking hours would make my 40 remaining years into 50 remaining year equivalent. I will attend to this.

rramadass on Nov 30, 2024 [–]

No, don't. Sleep is fundamental to everything else and hence messing with it is never advisable. Some resources;

1) Neuroscience of Sleep - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_sleep

2) Sleep Epigenetics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_epigenetics

3) Sleep deprivation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation

4) Familial natural short sleep - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familial_natural_short_sleep

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