I seem to hear from a variety of people that they struggle to fall asleep at night; but the difficult to fall asleep sounds like an evolutionary downside. Even as hunter-gatherers, being able to sleep whenever and wherever sounds like it would be an advantage.

Is it a recent product of modern times and people didn’t actually struggle with it a while back? In which case, what of modern life is causing this? If not, what is the evolutionary advantage of not falling asleep easily?

  • @rainfern
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    12 years ago

    That blue light thing is pseudo-science. Bodily activity though, yup, that’s a big one.

    • @Epic2112
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      42 years ago

      That blue light thing is pseudo-science.

      You got a source for that?

      • deepseastronaut
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        22 years ago

        Every source is pseudo-science, I only rely on my own research for anything. /s