Googling it would ruin the fun, but I’d assume that it’s an evolutionary thing so you don’t decide to go to sleep in an unsafe situation and get yourself eaten.
After a quick google myself, it looks like this is basically it. There wasn’t a whole lot of info but from what I could find our body needs a way to make sure we don’t do something stupid like sleep while standing up or in danger. This means it’s up to our body to let us sleep rather than letting our consciousness decide.
I bet you’re right. It also probably has to do with shutting down/pausing brain function to enter our “sleep mode”. Though I have no clue what I’m talking about so take it with a grain of salt
You know, this is a good question.
Googling it would ruin the fun, but I’d assume that it’s an evolutionary thing so you don’t decide to go to sleep in an unsafe situation and get yourself eaten.
After a quick google myself, it looks like this is basically it. There wasn’t a whole lot of info but from what I could find our body needs a way to make sure we don’t do something stupid like sleep while standing up or in danger. This means it’s up to our body to let us sleep rather than letting our consciousness decide.
I bet you’re right. It also probably has to do with shutting down/pausing brain function to enter our “sleep mode”. Though I have no clue what I’m talking about so take it with a grain of salt