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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone -4 points 2 months ago

Dude wtf is your problem? Why are you simping so hard for something that the scientific literature is very clear on? Every study done has shown that it's detrimental to people's health.

Are there papers looking at the possible beneficial effects of these time switches out there?

There are. One of the most popular claims is that DST might reduce energy usage. And there have been some studies that find that it does:

But there have also been ones that find it actually increases energy usage:

All agree that the effect size is very small.

It's quite a difference from the health effects, where studies unanimously (or at least nearly unanimously—I'm sure some studies disagreeing exist out there, but I struggled to find them) agree it's bad.