[jeffshek]

I think the different stages of sleep play a part here ... Salvadore Dali apparently liked to keep an object/pen in his hand that would drop and wake him up.

Still can't find enough real examples of polyphasic sleeping working, but love to know how well people of that retained content.

[spking]

Thomas Edison too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1649850

[mikelyons]

Have you read Steve Pavlina's account of transition to and from polyphasic sleep?

[jeffshek]

Yep! It's been hard to ignore the other things people questioned about his attempt though ... I'm leaning toward trying biphasic, but still not sure yet.

[mike_espinosa13]

A litle bit insane, the article says: "Your number of immune cells begins to decline as well, as your body is deprived of its opportunity to make more". More daily work, less health!