This is usually considered a serious disorder because it makes it difficult to keep any kind of normal schedule. I'm pretty sure I've seen other of these "Rationalist" cretins endorse weirdo sleep schedules though.
I'm suprised it *is* a disorder and not something Yudd pulled out of his ass, unless you're pulling my leg.
It goes back to Buckminster Fuller, who was the OG sleep hack guy. I think he slept 15 minutes every 3rd hour or so.
Oh my God, there was one blogger who around 2012 tested out all these special snowflake schedules and concluded the only one making any sense was the Mexican siesta one, where you sleep less during the night but take a nap in the afternoon.
The best I've heard about that is it (allegedly) works if you adhere strictly to whatever bizarre "Iron Man" schedule you set for yourself. Maybe if you're Buckminster Fuller you can arrange your life so that anyone who interrupts your weird autistic schedule gets beheaded.
The sleep pattern humans naturally gravitate towards is biphasic, rather than polyphasic, which seems to be a case of "more bigger number = better" syndrome. Rationalists and other grifters will always engage in more bigger = better in order to sell their totally unique ideas.
Actually, it was 30 minutes of sleep every 6th hour. And yes, he quit doing it because if you have get actual work done, you have to be awake and working when others are doing the same.
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