This is why humans invented work, so they'd be able to keep their employees alive during their prime by creating work environments that would give them nightmares to prevent REM sleep
unironically yeah, this is kinda how mammals work. If you don't need or can't easily access food, you evolve to sleep. Bears could eat during winter, but it's easier for them to hibernate, so they do
This has to be one of the most bogus claims I have ever heard. Must be a MAGA Republican Trump inspired comment, which he would deny afterwards anyway. The Onion was planted in a patch of peyote.
A study whose results run contrary to the reality of life are highly suspect. Close friend of mine who is an anesthesiologist told me there are 10,000 levels of consciousness between death and clarity of thought.