

I'd like to think that even if this tendency isn't particularly useful in modern society, at least we're keeping it alive in case it ever is. These are single room, so it's not like he could have mistaken it for his own. He just repeats "what the fuck, what the fuck" and then walks out. It was a very weird form of "seeing", I perceived it like a silvery ghost-like shape.Īfter probably twenty seconds just staring at it in total silence someone turns on the light, and it's a guy who has snuck into my room. Yet somehow I saw a shape on the other side of the room. Could not have seen my hand in front of my face. One time at college I was sleeping in my dorm, and suddenly awoke, at the same time shouting something. Always tend to walk at the back of any group to keep track of people. Have told my parents when I am home that I am going to be the last person to go to bed, period (it's infuriating when people say "aren't you going to go to bed?" and they will still be messing around for hours). That is crazy, I have exactly the same feeling. In other words, don't expect a literary masterpiece.

If you do decide to read it, I hope you enjoy, but this was during my master's work and I had to pump one of these out on a weekly basis on various topics. If you had a small number, perhaps two, that naturally tended to stay up a few hours past sundown (the "night owls"), as well as maybe two or so who woke up a few hours before sunrise (the "early risers"), you'd limit the amount of time that at least someone wasn't awake and looking out for the safety of the group.ĮDIT: I found the paper, but it doesn't address the OP's questions as directly as I thought. If in your group of 12, let's say, everyone slept from exactly sundown to sunrise, you'd be at increased risk from night time predators during that entire time. To put it simply having variances in the time at which individuals of a particular group sleep provides a protective advantage. I did a brief paper on the subject a while ago, I doubt I'll find it, but perhaps I can dig for some of the old references later. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.

