Is it possible to never sleep? - General

It might be physically possible, but not mentally, you would probably crack under the pressure, and commit suicide. :suicide: or fall asleep during your attempt.

Use a Catalepsean Node.

[QUOTE=Ektorp;20805127]Use a Catalepsean Node.[/QUOTE] what the deuce is that

[QUOTE=Hoboharry;20795561]Insomnia. Sleeping is like recharging the body, you can't keep your phone on forever.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18482[/url] I also forgot what the name was, but there is a lab that created the first self-sufficient battery which needed no charging.

[quote]The Catalepsean Node is one of the 19 organs that are implanted into a Space Marine inductee to produce a Battle Brother. This organ is implanted into the back of the brain, just above the brain stem. When deprived of sleep, the Catalepsean Node 'cuts in'. This allows the Marine to 'switch off' sections of the brain sequentially, while remaining awake and alert. This ability comes with a price, prolonged use can be hazardous. This implant bears a resemblance to a theory as to how dolphins such as the Bottlenose "sleep": shutting off sections of their brain while remaining awake and alert under the functions of the other sections. Even the mighty Space Marines cannot go too long without actual rest. The longest any Space Marine has ever been on active combat duty without rest is 328 hours, achieved by a squad of the Crimson Fists Kill-Team. [/quote]

Sleep repairs and restores both the body and brain. Considering nanotechnology is already being considered to [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirocyte]replace our red blood cells[/url] with nanorobots that could do the job 200x more efficiently, it's not unrealistic to think that in the future a similar idea could repair our bodies without needing sleep.

[QUOTE=kpax632;20795549]you will die if you stay up for a week[/QUOTE] Wanna bet?

[QUOTE=Tickle;20805410]Sleep repairs and restores both the body and brain. Considering nanotechnology is already being considered to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respirocyte"]replace our red blood cells[/URL] with nanorobots that could do the job 200x more efficiently, it's not unrealistic to think that in the future a similar idea could repair our bodies without needing sleep.[/QUOTE] Still very risky to put into the brain but if you got that horrible genetic disease in that video I guess there's no harm in trying.

If there is one thing I'd love in life it would be to never need to sleep. I've found, whenever I do an all nighter, I'm always so productive. There are so many hours lost in a day to simply lying on your back. That's not to say I don't love to sleep, very relaxing and stuff, but I wish I could use that time to compose or work or go out clubbing or whatever really.

I love sleeping I would never use anything to stop me sleeping.

longest anyone has stayed up is 11 days

[QUOTE=Lightbourne;20805579]If there is one thing I'd love in life it would be to never need to sleep. I've found, whenever I do an all nighter, I'm always so productive. There are so many hours lost in a day to simply lying on your back. That's not to say I don't love to sleep, very relaxing and stuff, but I wish I could use that time to compose or work or go out clubbing or whatever really.[/QUOTE] You might consider [url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720]Uberman's sleep schedule[/url]. Difficult to fit around things like work and school, but I imagine if you can pull it off it would reap some incredible rewards.

Your body will eventually put itself to sleep if enough time is taken not sleeping. If you are forced to stay awake you will be severely mentally damaged and eventually become comatose, permanently or not.

[QUOTE=Tickle;20805787]You might consider [url=http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/4/15/103358/720]Uberman's sleep schedule[/url]. Difficult to fit around things like work and school, but I imagine if you can pull it off it would reap some incredible rewards.[/QUOTE] That's called polyphasic sleep and it has been known for quite some time. The problem with it is that everyone cracks eventually and oversleeps on one of their naps and fucks it up. It can take like 2 weeks to drop into it which I imagine would be pure hell. Longest I've heard of anyone pulling it off was around 2 months. It also fucks with your circadian rhythm which is your body's clock a ton. Don't fucking do it, your wasting your time and you most likely don't have the willpower/schedule to do it. So many replies in this thread are just bullshit, if you're going to claim such shit fucking source it. They're are so many contradicting replies. As far as I'm aware of there is not a single case of death from insomnia. And here is an article that claims it will take at least 2 years to kill you from sleep deprivation, [url]http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleepless-in-america/200806/can-insomnia-be-fatal[/url]

[QUOTE=loony383;20795632]10 days actually, 7 days isn't particually good for you, however it is 9-10 days before it kills you (in the average health person).[/QUOTE] try 3 weeks, the world record and it has been challenged quite a few times.

I've been up for 3 days once, Worst time of my life, the first day it's cool, but then when you get to 2, and 3. You CAN'T go to sleep, your body pretty much prevents you, I needed sleeping pills. You also see alot of shit, like shadows moving around in the corner of your eyes. It's makes you hallucinate like crazy, I really can't remember much. (I was out raving for a whole weekend going around Toronto)

Supposedly having 5 consecutive days without sleep will induce hallucinations, 7-10 days causes death.

Actually, there have been cases of long term sleeplessness. I've heard of people who have stayed awake for months or years.

There was that one episode of the X-files where a squad of soldiers is surgically altered to remove to need to sleep. Then one of them goes mad and kills all the others.

Sleep is when your body does almost all of its healing. You would wear yourself down and die.

Yeah, mainly replacing red blood cells. It's why you have less energy when you don't sleep for ages (oxygen acts like cancer to blood and destroys it). It is possible for a living entity to achieve this while not sleeping, however evolution has not allowed this of humans (and our bodies are far too complex and active to achieve this without resting anyway).