eli5 Why do we sleep?

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I mean what kind of super advantage do we have by spending the night when its already hard to see shit, god forbid potential Predators, unconscious?

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There are some more recent studies concluding that synapses/neurons may become overstimulated when they continually fire over longer periods of time, as in time frames beyond normal periods of wakefulness. Basically the signals cannot be interpreted properly anymore or can cause difficulty deciphering essential messages, leading to brain fog and other issues.

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