I wish I could find it again, but I remember reading about a study that stated that a small percentage of the population, maybe 5% or 10%, are genetically wired so that they actually can function normally with only 4 or 5 hours of sleep.
It seemed to make sense, especially when I later heard stories of professional athletes like Gilbert Arenas (professional basketball player) who were able to play at a very high level despite regularly only getting only 3 hours of sleep per night during the NBA season.
It got me to thinking that maybe these "Sleep is for the weak" proponents like Thomas Edison, Donald Trump, and Uber's Travis Kalanick belong to this genetically blessed contingent of the general population, and that they may be mistakenly propagating this false belief that "If I can do it, everyone should else be able to do it, otherwise you're just being lazy."
It would be awesome if someone could help me dig up that study.
It seemed to make sense, especially when I later heard stories of professional athletes like Gilbert Arenas (professional basketball player) who were able to play at a very high level despite regularly only getting only 3 hours of sleep per night during the NBA season.
It got me to thinking that maybe these "Sleep is for the weak" proponents like Thomas Edison, Donald Trump, and Uber's Travis Kalanick belong to this genetically blessed contingent of the general population, and that they may be mistakenly propagating this false belief that "If I can do it, everyone should else be able to do it, otherwise you're just being lazy."
It would be awesome if someone could help me dig up that study.