Scientist Explains Sleep in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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Published 2019-11-12
Sleep scientist Aric A. Prather, PhD, is challenged to explain the topic of sleep to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. What are some of the causes and consequences of insufficient sleep? Aric explains at all levels why sleep is so important to the human body.

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Scientist Explains Sleep in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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  • @WIRED
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  • @danushv8132
    You need an atleast seven hours of sleep to be optimal without health risk Me at 3:00 a.m watching video: Guess I'll die
  • @sarahviola9147
    “what grade is that?” “I thinkkk 5th?” same dude I have no clue what’s going on
  • @jaygarcia6094
    kid sleeps for 8 hours teen sleeps for 6.5 hours college student sleeps for 5 hours grad student sleeps for 4 hours expert doesn't sleep because she's too busy studying sleep
  • It’s so weird to me how you can just close your eyes, then open them 8 hours later and it’s a new day.
  • @henta7608
    Dr: "We're going to be talking about sleep" Kid: "My favorite part of the day" Never related to anyone that much.
  • @faith9196
    For some reason him bringing out the balloon with a college student and not the kid is so funny to me.
  • This kid is smarter than I was at 10 years old. I was crying to my mom that my shadow won't leave me alone. She'd tell me to go hide under a tree to get it to go away. She a genius too.
  • @rewanwatti3382
    "between 7 and 9 hours" Schools: 5 hours, take it or leave it
  • @prof_Camargo
    The field he studies is so small that he knows the other expert. Loving that
  • @pamcake958
    What I love about these “5 Levels” videos is that experts always seem to be more intimidated by explaining the concepts to the children than they are to anyone else😂
  • @mossdefect2547
    “You can’t sleep indefinitely” Me: “wanna fucken bet”
  • @pallab900
    This guy actually has a PhD in sleeping. Just think about that
  • @fraist1
    10 year old boy: understands everything the guy is saying about sleep Me when I was a 10 year old: checks what happens to fridge lights when I close the door slowly
  • @josephdavey9593
    This man started speaking another language when the grad student came. Thought I was following it pretty well until then 💀
  • @tianamarius2229
    the teenager looked so tired he was about to go into N-1 sleep when he started talking about N-1 sleep.