Hacker News Reader

Do you think most people know that Brewer's yeast is alive?

Probably not. However, pointing out what many may consider a minor falsehood could set yourself for an easy counter.

If Walker wanted to discredit your essay. He could give a sound bite like:

“Ok, yes, yeast. You’re right, but that’s not something most people consider relevant to sleeping rhythms. Haha. The essay is nitpicking minor technicalities but on a whole my research is unblemished.”

If I were his PR rep, I’d advise as such. You’re essay is too good to be vulnerable like that.

I'm not sure if this is relevant. The point about Brewer's yeast is literally in the last appendix, here: https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/#appendix I do agree that this is a minor point and included this mostly out of curiosity.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com