&gt; If true, I think that&#x27;s the most important point of the article. If you can&#x27;t trust your own brain, you can&#x27;t any claims made by people trying that sort of schedule.<p>It is true.<p>Exhaustion [past a certain point] is essentially equivalent to being drunk.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inc.com&#x2F;jessica-stillman&#x2F;sleep-deprivation-is-as-bad-for-your-performance-as-alcohol.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.inc.com&#x2F;jessica-stillman&#x2F;sleep-deprivation-is-as-...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1739867&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC1739867&#x2F;</a><p>&gt; Moderate sleep deprivation produces impairments in cognitive and motor performance equivalent to legally prescribed levels of alcohol intoxication<p>Much like with a drunk person, you can&#x27;t trust what they are telling you.