I grew up in South East Asia with air con running all night, when I moved away I found it hard to sleep in 'quieter' countries

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thenthenthen 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This. In summer I get ‘addicted’ to fan noise and cant sleep without. I moved to Asia and the AC is such a blessing.

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is_true 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm also addicted to the fan but not only for the noise I like feeling the wind in my face, I think that as it also helps lower your body temperature you sleep better

	▲	thenthenthen 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Wind in my face literally makes me catch a cold within the night, feet/legs is where it is at for me haha

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hippo22 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I grew up near train tracks. I’m totally of incapable of even hearing trains unless they’re directly in front of me.

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JamesTRexx 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I noticed I'd feel sleepy after more than half an hour in the server room. Likely the fan noise but the lower temperature might influence it as well.

Unfortunately too expensive and large to set this up in the bedroom to help me sleep nowadays.

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XorNot 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's the dehumidifier for me. Which kills two birds with one stone.

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zhoujing204 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The study may well be flawed—small n, selection bias, lack of proper controls, sure. But can we please stop using personal anecdotes to dismiss scientific inquiry?

Arguments like 'well, it works for me,' or 'I took this med and recovered immediately,' or 'I saw X happen right after a vaccine' are not valid refutations. Science is frequently counter-intuitive and often contradicts our personal experience and gut instincts. That is precisely why we rely on the scientific method and statistical rigor—rather than individual perception—to establish evidence.

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llm_nerd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

This study is tiny and of negligible value. They didn't even try to pretend it's of real value, and instead just dropped the classic "our study clearly demonstrates that people should probably study this stuff". Conditioned norms are by far the most relevant condition for sleep for most people, and sleep studies of tiny durations with tiny sets are basically just noise makers (har har). Even worse, they seem to have specifically excluded people who already use noise machines, ensuring that their participants were conditioned for the silent norm.

Scientific method, statistical rigour...eh, this looks like a headline chasing study.

	▲	zhoujing204 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, you are absolutely right. Even a sloppy study like this still had something useful than any anecdotes.