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4moreyears 7 points ago +7 / -0

brains are fuckin crazy. So much shit going on subconsciously, if you can only harness a little of that power...

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unicornpoop 5 points ago +5 / -0

Scientists still can't explain why animals sleep. From an evolutionary standpoint, sleep does not make sense as it puts the organism at a disadvantage. You would gain 25 years of consciousness if you didn't have to sleep.

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thepalagoon 6 points ago +6 / -0

Given the effect lack of sleep has it has been hypothesized that sleep (specifically REM sleep) is when the brain encodes memories into long term storage and removes and cleans up other processes. We don't know, but we suspect strongly