Poll: Never have to sleep again!

[PirateKing]

You're telling me that a drug that eliminates any need to sleep, ever, has no side effects? I'd never trust it. Especially since this sounds like the kind of stuff where the side-effects show up in your brain. My body is just my body, but my brain is ME. I don't fuck with it.

Really, no side effects. Any of the stuff you think would happen wouldn't. You just don't have to sleep.

 

[vede]

Most definitely, assuming all the psychological things that happen during sleep are also performed magically, and if I can still sleep if I really want to. For dreams.

I could be simple VD by day, but... DV by night. He's like VD, but with more... stuff.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

Something that would make this hard to decide is the extra 2-14 hours a day you have other stuff to do. When you're busy it's useful. When you're not, I'd die of boredom. I'd take it. I could do so much even when I'm not busy.

 

[Space Spoons]

I'm not sure, honestly. I really look forward to sleeping at the end of a particularly hard day. It might be somewhat disheartening to lose that small comfort. I guess I'd try it for a few days, see how it goes.

I imagine it'd have some strange effects on long term time management, though. I mean, the concept of the days of the week would sort of lose it's meaning without sleep to draw the line between the days, you know?

 

[PirateKing]

I'm not sure, honestly. I really look forward to sleeping at the end of a particularly hard day. It might be somewhat disheartening to lose that small comfort. I guess I'd try it for a few days, see how it goes.

I imagine it'd have some strange effects on long term time management, though. I mean, the concept of the days of the week would sort of lose it's meaning without sleep to draw the line between the days, you know?

Yeah, I get what you mean. But you'd probably just keep a calender or day planner or something.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

So, we wouldn't need to sleep.
Would we still have the ability to sleep though?

 

[Jursa]

Ya but there's no way there'd be no side effects. Even if there were no physical side effects, a lot of people would simply go loony.

 

[imperialwar]

if every one was up 24 / 7 we would burn more resources then we do now.
So no for me.
However if i did i might just be able to finish painting my warhammer models ( if we arent expected to work longer and such )

 

[PirateKing]

So, we wouldn't need to sleep.
Would we still have the ability to sleep though?

I guess you could stop taking the drug. I don't know the exact rules other than what I've heard.

 

[Asymptote Angel]

Good lord, the world is dreary and boring enough when I'm only in it 75% of the time. I take as much sleep as I can get, thanks.

 

[Anarchemitis]

If I all of a sudden (ignoring the subject drug) didn't need to sleep and was never ever exhausted, I would lose my 6th favorite past-time.

 

[Easykill]

You're telling me that a drug that eliminates any need to sleep, ever, has no side effects? I'd never trust it. Especially since this sounds like the kind of stuff where the side-effects show up in your brain. My body is just my body, but my brain is ME. I don't fuck with it.

Really, no side effects. Any of the stuff you think would happen wouldn't. You just don't have to sleep.

I'm not dodging the question, I know how to suspend disbelief. I'm just saying you could never convince me there were no side-effects, so I wouldn't take it. That's my answer. If you want, I'll add that if I had three wishes, one of them would be for there be no need for me to sleep.

 

[Avatar Roku]

This reminds me of something. Anyone here read the Worthing Saga, by Orson Scott Card? Its almost exactly the opposite; there's a "drug", for lack of a better term, called Somec. When you take it, you're able to sleep for years, think of it like cryogenics. Thing is, the amount of it you're given is determined by how important you are, i.e, the most important people only have to be awake for one year for every hundred under Somec, while a normal person might not even get a 1:1. It leads to a breakdown in society, because all the important people see the problems, then just go "Oh, I'll go under Somec, and by the time I'm out, everything will be fixed."

...wow, on reflection, that's barely related at all, but it's interesting.

 

[Jeronus]

I could be one of those guys who spends 15 hours playing a game. Oh wait, I already am one. PASS!

 

[PirateKing]

This reminds me of something. Anyone here read the Worthing Saga, by Orson Scott Card? Its almost exactly the opposite; there's a "drug", for lack of a better term, called Somec. When you take it, you're able to sleep for years, think of it like cryogenics. Thing is, the amount of it you're given is determined by how important you are, i.e, the most important people only have to be awake for one year for every hundred under Somec, while a normal person might not even get a 1:1. It leads to a breakdown in society, because all the important people see the problems, then just go "Oh, I'll go under Somec, and by the time I'm out, everything will be fixed."

...wow, on reflection, that's barely related at all, but it's interesting.

So they don't age while they're asleep?

 

[Avatar Roku]

This reminds me of something. Anyone here read the Worthing Saga, by Orson Scott Card? Its almost exactly the opposite; there's a "drug", for lack of a better term, called Somec. When you take it, you're able to sleep for years, think of it like cryogenics. Thing is, the amount of it you're given is determined by how important you are, i.e, the most important people only have to be awake for one year for every hundred under Somec, while a normal person might not even get a 1:1. It leads to a breakdown in society, because all the important people see the problems, then just go "Oh, I'll go under Somec, and by the time I'm out, everything will be fixed."

...wow, on reflection, that's barely related at all, but it's interesting.

So they don't age while they're asleep?

No, its like cryogenics, as in, complete stasis. Thing is, although the book is very good, the thing with Somec is by far the most interesting part, and its very minor to the story, because its a few centuries after, and at one point, a guy is explaining why society collapsed. Ok, that's not really how it is, but that's as close as I can get without giving anything away. Anyway, pick it up, its a good book.

 

[Berethond]

I don't know, I love most of my dreams.
Well, some of them.
But I wouldn't have that much stuff to do.
And I totally agree with Easykill, very well said man.

 

[PirateKing]

This reminds me of something. Anyone here read the Worthing Saga, by Orson Scott Card? Its almost exactly the opposite; there's a "drug", for lack of a better term, called Somec. When you take it, you're able to sleep for years, think of it like cryogenics. Thing is, the amount of it you're given is determined by how important you are, i.e, the most important people only have to be awake for one year for every hundred under Somec, while a normal person might not even get a 1:1. It leads to a breakdown in society, because all the important people see the problems, then just go "Oh, I'll go under Somec, and by the time I'm out, everything will be fixed."

...wow, on reflection, that's barely related at all, but it's interesting.

So they don't age while they're asleep?

No, its like cryogenics, as in, complete stasis. Thing is, although the book is very good, the thing with Somec is by far the most interesting part, and its very minor to the story, because its a few centuries after, and at one point, a guy is explaining why society collapsed. Ok, that's not really how it is, but that's as close as I can get without giving anything away. Anyway, pick it up, its a good book.

I might. I started reading Enders Game a few years ago and I stopped for some reason. I thought it was really good. I'll have to finish that first.

 

[Syntax Error]

Going back to the marathon example, won't you feel tired eventually? Sleep is a way to recover from fatigue. What happens if you don't get one even if you don't need it?

My bet is that the body will disintegrate from the stress...

 

[Arcticflame]

I wouldn't want it, because I believe sleep is a place where we mull over events, or the days activities in our sub-conscious. As well as that, sleep provides a clean slate each day, It breaks up each day into differing occurences. So without sleep, I believe I would become more muddled, and the days would begin to fold into each other.