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9.30am Day 3 – Experiment Concluded

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Shane

My polyphasic sleep experiment has been called to a halt.

I know what your are thinking… only 2 days in? “So, was it a success? of a Failure?”. Well, we’ll get to that answer shortly…

I went into this experiment with 2 hypothesis, one being absolute failure on day 3 or 4 due to sleep deprivation the other being success. Continue reading →

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3am Day 2

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Shane

The alarm went off at 2.30am and I woke surprisingly easy, although I did find myself lying in bed wondering why am I doing this.

I think the next couple of hours may be spent writing down some solid aims and ‘success criteria’ for this trial as that will almost certainly help me get out of bed from the next few sleeps when sleep deprivation takes hold. Continue reading →

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