Discussion - Why do we sleep?

[Blacksheepboy]

The rest of today is undoubtedly going to suck since I'll be a zombie all day at school.

^I can relate ^

I do it to myself though, and most of the time enjoy it, until I hit the consequences due to lack of adequate sleep.  Eh, I still get to school on time every morning; what can I say [shrug]


Wait a sec.. why do we need sleep? *Facepalm*

[Hair|Trigger]

Without sleep, how could we pull sleeping pranks on our friends?

really though, I'd say its because our bodies don't produce enough energy to keep up with our activity, so we have to let our bodies recharge

[STM1993]

really though, I'd say its because our bodies don't produce enough energy to keep up with our activity, so we have to let our bodies recharge

It is only through food that we get energy. We aren't exactly recharging if that's the case, it's more like having more energy transferred from the brain to other parts of the body.

It is also said that when we sleep, we always dream, and if we don't do so we'd go insane, but why dream as a way to prevent this?