PhilGoetz comments on Case study: Melatonin

[PhilGoetz]

Going to bed is a little like dying. Someone slightly other wakes up in the morning.

[gwern]

Because I can’t stop my compulsive quoting...

 "I lay me down and slumber
 And every morn revive.
 Whose is the night-long breathing
 That keeps a man alive?"

-- XIII, More Poems, A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936)

[Wei Dai]

Going to bed is a little like dying. Someone slightly other wakes up in the morning.

Good point. For example, last night just before going to bed, I was totally absorbed in Eliezer’s latest story. But when I woke up this morning, I forgot about wanting to finish the story, and started doing other things. (Eventually I came upon the open tab and finished it.)

BTW, if anyone hasn’t read that story yet, you should keep this page handy as a reference, otherwise it’s pretty hard to understand.

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