Appendix: a strong contender for the single most absurd paragraph in the book.Appendix: what do you do when a part of the graph contradicts your argument? You cut it out, of course.Appendix: the concrete harm done by the book.Appendix: my personal experience with sleep.Two papers by Walker citing Why We Sleep.Appendix: is Why We Sleep pop-science or is it an academic book? Also, miscitations, impossible numbers, and Walker copy-pasting papers.Appendix: people who sleep just 6 hours a night might have the lowest mortality.Appendix: things I’m not saying in this essay.No, two-thirds of adults in developed nations do not fail to obtain the recommended amount of sleep.Ok, even if the WHO never formally declared any sleep loss epidemics, there still is a global sleep loss epidemic, right?.No, the World Health Organization never declared a sleep loss epidemic.No, lack of sleep will not outright kill you.No, a good night’s sleep is not always beneficial: sleep deprivation therapy in depression.How much confidence should we place in epidemiological sleep data?.Also, no – sleeping less than 6 hours a night does not double your risk of cancer.No, shorter sleep does not imply shorter life span.
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