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Alexey Guzey - Is Matthew Walker Lying to Us About Sleep?

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Why We Sleep Is Not a Pop Science Book

"I do not believe that pop science books should basically be as rigorous and as precise as academic literature," he says. "Why we sleep is a pop science book, and it is okay that it is kind of careless with its sources ... but it's all in the name of the greater good" The author himself cites the book in his academic papers without any sources,. And then he gets the facts and then mentions them in his academic articles.

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