Short on sleep, brain optimistically favors long odds - Farnam Street

Short on sleep, brain optimistically favors long odds - Farnam Street:

"Sleep deprivation can lead to plenty of unwise decisions, which researchers have long tied to flagging attention and short-term memory. But a new study shows how just one night of missed sleep can make people more likely to chase big gains while risking even larger losses—independent of their tapering attention spans.

Well that explains a few things...lol.