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The hours when your best ideas and worst decisions arrive together, indistinguishable until morning.
means The very early hours after midnight, when most of the world is asleep and the night feels at its emptiest.
from From "wee," meaning tiny or small — a Scots and northern English word, originally a noun ("a wee") for a small amount, possibly tied to Old English "wǣg," a weight or quantity. The "wee hours" are literally the small-numbered hours: one o'clock, two, three, when the count of the clock is at its lowest.
- meaning
- The small-numbered hours after midnight, one through four
- body clock
- 3am is when human alertness hits rock bottom
- death timing
- More people die between 4 and 6am than any hour
- old etymology
- Wee meant tiny long before it meant pee
- creative myth
- Studies show tired brains actually solve insight puzzles better