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conulyThere's always somebody who insists on framing it as a moral issue, for some bizarre reason. Why, if those darn kids would only get to bed on time! Their parents spoil them!
One of them is amazingly persistent. When he saw spamming Poor Richard at me didn't work he tried "It's not that hard, just go to bed and turn out the light!" and when he saw that didn't work he... tried responding to what I actually said. Wonders never cease, he said something insightful.
I'd linked to a page on circadian sleep disorders, and he asked if there was a connection between them and artificial light. Which raises an interesting question that I'm not at all prepared to answer (and not especially inclined to answer, either, since he's still just being a pain) - how common are these sleep disorders in populations that don't use electric lighting? There are few of those populations left today, but I don't know if we can get any reliable data from the past, so they'll have to do. Does anybody know?
One of them is amazingly persistent. When he saw spamming Poor Richard at me didn't work he tried "It's not that hard, just go to bed and turn out the light!" and when he saw that didn't work he... tried responding to what I actually said. Wonders never cease, he said something insightful.
I'd linked to a page on circadian sleep disorders, and he asked if there was a connection between them and artificial light. Which raises an interesting question that I'm not at all prepared to answer (and not especially inclined to answer, either, since he's still just being a pain) - how common are these sleep disorders in populations that don't use electric lighting? There are few of those populations left today, but I don't know if we can get any reliable data from the past, so they'll have to do. Does anybody know?
