We all have a preferred time for sleeping — a body clock. There are “morning people,” “evening people [aka 'night owls'],” and those in between. Our preferences for when to sleep are called chronotypes. And, increasingly, researchers have been investigating what happens to people whose body clocks are out of sync with the rest of society.
[...] Those who reported having a later chronotype (people who are night owls) had a 10 percent increased likelihood of dying compared to people who had an earlier chronotype. And this was true for people of all ages in the study, and for both men and women.
[...] It’s hard to know how all these risks interplay with one another, and there’s no clear answer as to why there may be health risks to being a late sleeper.
But here’s a compelling hypothesis: When our biological clock is out of sync with society’s, our whole biology gets thrown off, and many aspects of our lives grow more stressful. Having a very late chronotype is like living in a constant state of jet lag, which takes a toll on the body.
(Score: 4, Funny) by edIII on Sunday April 29 2018, @07:33AM (2 children)
It means I finally get some peace from those sleep interrupting bastards, The Morning People.
While I have a 10% greater chance of dying, I'm comforted knowing that a Morning Person dies each day attempting to foolishly wake a Night Owl. Or at least I hope so :)
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 29 2018, @07:45AM (1 child)
You only dreamed about killing the Morning People. While you were sleeping, the Morning People had a meeting that you never wake up early enough to attend, and they voted unanimously to fire you. Your last paycheck was direct deposited and your rent was direct debited. The fridge is empty and you have no money left to buy food. Have a nice death.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday April 29 2018, @01:14PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford