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Sleep Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

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…

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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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  1. WIRED

    November 12, 2019 at 5:02 pm

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    • samrith kunrith

      November 12, 2019 at 10:23 pm

      Please bring memory scientist to talk about memory system in 5 level

    • Jaylan Barr

      November 13, 2019 at 2:05 am

      Were are you guys based?

    • Icak Matoha

      November 13, 2019 at 2:40 am

      can you do this video but with a food scientist?? i think there will be many people being fascinated by the science behind cooking

    • Jeff Spurlock

      November 13, 2019 at 9:27 pm

      I noticed during the grad student section, they launched into a conversation that wasn’t strictly on topic that was quickly turned back around, and it seemed like conversation did happen but was cut out in the editing process. I get that these are already 20+ minutes long, so I wouldn’t want to make it too long winded, but it would be very cool to have an unabridged version of these videos that included the entire discussion without any editing; especially when you get to the higher difficulty explanations.

    • Moncherlo PK

      November 13, 2019 at 11:13 pm

      WIRED can ya’ll maybe invite an economist, political scientist, or sociologist to the show and have them explain a concept like trade, international relations, states and nations, war, trade, protectionism or anything of that sort

  2. Trick Swift

    November 15, 2019 at 9:55 am

    Nobita.

  3. James At

    November 15, 2019 at 1:44 pm

    As if I understood the College Grad Student level.

  4. SueMe S

    November 15, 2019 at 5:29 pm

    So on that last one, would that mean if a person has early onset insomnia in life are they more at risk for neurodegenerative disorders?

  5. Quatie

    November 15, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    10:00 she is beautiful

  6. ryanwsu4

    November 15, 2019 at 7:34 pm

    I’m a night shift nurse. I’d be curious to ask this guy how that affects my health. My guess is…. not great

  7. Dylan Beck

    November 16, 2019 at 1:47 am

    This dude started talking about the neurons in the brain and the PhD student looked like she was absolutely lost.

  8. Jullian J Waleleng

    November 16, 2019 at 8:32 am

    15:14 *_Flashbacks to Markiplier’s The Edge Of Sleep podcast_*

  9. Rozhin

    November 16, 2019 at 10:25 am

    No one:
    This guy: science?? Great because today we’re gonna talk about SCIENCE

  10. Jevin Cox

    November 16, 2019 at 10:49 am

    @5:13 into the vid & im put to sleep. Great job Aric, it worked.

  11. Zthebee

    November 16, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    That college student was peng????????????????

  12. I OFFER YOU THIS

    November 16, 2019 at 2:10 pm

    who else out here watching at 4am solid no sleep

  13. melvinlard

    November 16, 2019 at 6:28 pm

    No need for this college student to only get 5 hours of sleep, college is not hard enough to warrant that.

  14. Dodgers132242

    November 17, 2019 at 5:05 am

    Who else is watching late at night instead of sleeping

  15. Loftt Far

    November 17, 2019 at 9:44 am

    So, would he get mad if you fell asleep in his lectures or not?

  16. Celestia Guitierrez

    November 17, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Kid is smarter than me

  17. Qim Tan

    November 17, 2019 at 4:56 pm

    What do you think? “thats cool” “yeah” lol

  18. Nii Aj

    November 18, 2019 at 3:02 am

    Please get Tyler, the Creator in for one of these to explain music theory at five levels!

  19. lexnite22

    November 18, 2019 at 3:03 am

    I lost it when he got to level 4.

  20. Lenard K

    November 18, 2019 at 7:51 am

    6:25 $100 hes high

  21. Xin ning Chia

    November 18, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    I have no idea what they were talking about when the collegue student was talking.

  22. Ashley Waner

    November 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    Even though this expert did not explain one concept throughout the video, it was still extremely engaging and interesting, and I think I actually prefer that than staying on only one subset of the subject matter.

  23. Arnon Tillmann

    November 18, 2019 at 6:05 pm

    It’s like a heartbeat.

  24. DizMal

    November 18, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    You say what you want, but no one will convince me that this guy isn’t actually Ryan Reynolds in disguise. Unless you can prove that it’s really Nick Swardson’s older brother.

  25. Kraze Kode

    November 19, 2019 at 9:05 am

    The high school student looks like he’s in some real need for sleep

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