Interesting news for the transhumanist set

[classicdrogn]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/10 ... ring-sleep

Looks like ditching the meat brains might actually be the way forward to not needing as much or any sleep! Not that we're anywhere close to achieving that, but at least there's one more spark of hope to look to on the horizon.
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[ordnance11]

I wonder though if we need to dream periodically to keep our sanity, if and when we become part of the hive mind?
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[Black Aeronaut]

Honestly I think this is more cause for hope in a real cure for altzheimers. If this pans out, then we might be able to control altzheimers as effectively as we control diabetes now.