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Liar42 liar42 at aol.com
Thu Oct 4 09:48:37 EST 2001


Too long sleep withdrawal can cause death.

Where I once worked nightshifts there was a story of one not sleeping in four
days (might not have been that sober, either), and then dying.

I forget how old he was, maybe in his thirties?

But I did not know him; I just heard the story.

Also some rumours concerning the US army in the past forcing too much sleep
withdrawal on persons.


>how can we miss such an important function of sleep if we want to understand
the brain?<

I am not your "we".

I do not recall a real serious interest to imderstand all about about a brain,
nor believe that that is possible for a human now.

also I have my own theories on various sleep aspects, but that does not mean
that I have to feel excessively like sharing them here.





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