I believe theyre talking about newborns there.

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FYI: you can't kill a baby through keeping them awake. An adult you can kill this way.

...and you know this because..?

Neuroplasticity. The infant will attempt to adapt to the surroundings, the adult is "stuck in their ways".

What if you keep a baby awake until it becomes an adult?

Well I didn't want children but now I got some experimenting to do.

Meet me out back in 15 minutes, I have stolen a child for you

...I have stolen a child for you

Aw, shucks. I thought you were about to suggest a dumpster-side quickie to make one.

I would’ve made that joke if I knew their gender, because no amount of fucking between two guys would make a child

Isn't the definition of neuroplasticity that the brain will change?

Edit: I guess more "the brain can change." Still, adult's have Neuroplasticity. That is very well documented.

Yeah I don't believe you can kill an adult this way unless they aren't used to a lack of sleep. I seem to function ok for a random distribution of 2-4 hours of sleep a night

This is like a chain smoker looking you dead in the eye and saying "You can't die from smoking. Look at me, I smoke 10 packs a day and it ain't killed me yet!"

To be fair, smoking doesn't kill you. It's the cancer that does

"It wasn't the smoking that killed me, just the consequences of the smoking."

No sleep vs any amount of sleep is a hell of a difference

Doctor told me. So yeah. Zero hours of sleep will kill an adult.