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		bearl 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sleep all comes down to the mitochondria We microsleep whenever we blink. Or at least that was the old science, maybe there’s a new explanation.

SamBam 8 months ago [–]

I've never heard that, it doesn't really make sense given what we know about REM sleep and slow-wave sleep, and the Wikipedia page on blinking doesn't mention that at all, not even as an old theory.

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