Walker: Being struck by lightning is more likely than being a genetic short sleeper
Dr. Matt Walker · #131 Matthew Walker: The Power of Sleep · Feb 22, 2022 · at 11:46
Neuroscientist Dr. Matt Walker warns that true genetic resilience to short sleep is exceptionally rare despite common public perception.
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“Statistically, you're far more likely to be, for example, struck by lightning in your lifetime than you are to be one of those genetic short sleepers. The lifetime odds of being struck by lightning is one in 12,000, just if anyone, if anyone's interested.”
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