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For me personally, best way to try to get more sleep is get really damned good blackout curtains. I'm really sensitive to light levels from a sleeping perspective, so I'll frequently wake up when it gets bright enough outside automatically...which sucks if you went to bed really late.
 
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What? The article isnt about people trying to get more sleep and failing -- its the opposite.

Some people sleep ridiculous, excessive amounts of time. Like more than the "8 hours" nonsense. I mean there are grown ass adults walking around thinking "no man I need 10 hours or I'm too tired"

While others are fine on a reasonable amount, like 6 to 8.

Its like we're discussing why some people are fat and eat too much and you walk in with an anecdote about how you can make your belly hold a little more food if you walk around the table in between courses.
 
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What makes humans intelligent? These unique neurons might hold the key

Research suggests our intelligence may arise from specialized brain cells only found in humans
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A great read about what makes the human brain unique: concept cells.

Now I want to see a study of variation in concept cells across human populations. Correlation with aphantasia / no inner monologue? Are there genetic markers? Really huge concept here.
 
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Wow, that was a fascinating read and makes complete sense. Developing language moved to abstract concepts because words had to represent things and brains that supported that had an advantage

The ethical concern aspect making it difficult to study is unfortunate - would be curious if elephants or orca could be shown to have evidence of concept neurons. Elephants have been shown to recognize accents/language in humans and avoided humans who are associated with elephant hunting tribes. Orcas also are frequently observed teaching each other skills or behaviors

Also would be impossible to tell, but I wonder if these existed in other human species, like Neanderthal
 
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If you lose, just call your opponent a smelly poo-poo head to feel better

Paris AP — British tennis player Harriet Dart has apologized after asking the chair umpire to tell her opponent to put on deodorant because she “smells really bad.”

Dart lost 6-0, 6-3 to French player Lois Boisson in the first round of the clay-court Rouen Open on Tuesday, and was picked up by a microphone during a changeover telling the umpire: “Can you tell her (Boisson) to wear deodorant? … Because she smells really bad.”

After the footage spread on social media, Dart posted an apology on Instagram and said “it was a heat-of-the-moment comment that I truly regret.”

“That’s not how I want to carry myself, and I take full responsibility,” she wrote. “I have a lot of respect for Lois and how she competed today. I’ll learn from this and move forward.”

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