[zild3d]

> rather than have a few people attempt to judge ... as they groggily try to wake themselves up with coffee.

This was our experience during the YC interview as well. Since we had an end of day slot, most of the partners were yawning as we walked in :/

Agree on Startup School - amazing resource for us that we keep revisiting

[bambax]

This is a well documented bias: jurys don't react the same depending on the time of day and how long ago they ate. One study was about parole boards and was extensively reported on:

https://www.wired.com/2011/04/judges-mental-fatigue/

Does YC has stats about acceptance vs the time of the interview? That would be interesting.