jsjenkins168 wrote: Theres actually research out there that proves this is true

hmmm.. I found research in this area very lacking. The only scientific study seemed to be from sleep researcher Claudio Stampi and his essentially said "If you absolutely can't keep regular sleeping schedules (like in long sailing races) then polyphasic sleep is a better alternative".

If you have pointers to papers I'd appreciate links sent to the email-id in my profile. I might try this again someday.