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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Would a heightened healing factor mean you require less sleep than average?
gpt
It is unclear. Modern Science still does not have a firm grasp on the purposes and mechanisms of sleep. 

From what we see of classic examples of healing factors such as Wolverine he does indeed need sleep, as sleep deprivation doesn't necessarily damage cells as much as it prevents them from recharging. 

It also has positive effects on memory retention and learning which would be valuable even if your healing factor meant you never got exhausted.

Keep in mind that most healing factors fix *damaged* cells, they don't necessarily prevent any change in cells, or people with healing factors would never be able to shave, or even grow beyond an infantile state.