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The Dangers of Being Really, Really Tired

Posted by timothy on from the especially-if-you-have-a-bike-car-or-zamboni dept.

Sleepy Dog Millionare writes "Brian Palmer, writing for Slate, asks 'Can you die from lack of sleep?' and shockingly, the answer may very well be Yes, you can. Palmer points to 'ground breaking experiments' in the area of sleep research. It turns out that sleep deprivation can actually be deadly in rats. The obvious conclusion is that it is probably deadly in all mammals. So the next time you think you need to pull multiple all-night hack-a-thons, ask yourself if it's worth risking your life for."

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  1. Re:Some do slip into REM quicker by Scannerman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Margaret Thatcher was born in '25, and was PM between '79 and '90, i.e., between roughly 54 and 65 years old. Admittedly still a bit young for 4 hours a night, but less spectacular than if someone half that age pulled that stunt anyway.

    And of course if she wasn't a completely delusional paranoid fucking maniac.