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Posted by bilsbie 13 hours ago

Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)(academic.oup.com)
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ChrisArchitect 10 hours ago|
(2023)

Some more discussion then: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42022151

ck2 12 hours ago||
because of how we evolved biologically, there are some processes, particularly in the brain and not just the body, that can only happen during sleep

like "garbage collection"

ie. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4651462/

pullrun 11 hours ago||
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tyiz 11 hours ago||
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Jamesmygov146 11 hours ago||
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el1s7 11 hours ago|
Interesting, though it seems quite annoying to read research papers with all that jargon without using an LLM
sigmoid10 11 hours ago|
Research papers are written to be read by other researchers, not laypeople. If you have no scientific background and want to read up on a topic that you are not familiar with, you'll have to find other sources of information.
el1s7 4 hours ago||
Sure, by "other researchers" you mean other people who learned jargon terminology.

And why would someone need to have a scientific background to read about sleep regularity and how it affects mortality?

sigmoid10 47 minutes ago||
Would you expect to be able to read a string theory research paper too just because the topic sounds interesting to you? And to be clear: You don't need a scientific background to read about sleep regularity and how it affects mortality. I'm sure there are more than enough popsci articles that will pick this up. You only need it if you want to understand the original research papers. Because unlike popular science magazines (which have journalists writing for laypeople), research papers are written by scientists for other scientists.