We all crave it, but can you stand the silence? The longest anyone can bear Earth's quietest place i
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It's so quiet.....
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Yesss, I would love to try this.
Only 45 minutes? Why can't someone just sleep in there or something. Probably some reason although I still find it hard to understand.
I wanna try it.
Seems like it would be awesome to meditate in
I'd imagine it's like going to the club then going home to sleep. The difference in noise level makes the silence unbearable.
45 minutes is a joke. Look I am sure its disconcerting to be in that room as the article explained. But I am also sure that if someone was mentally prepared and trained to break that record they could be in there for hours and hours. Hallucinations or not, I'm pretty sure I could last an hour.
I think the only reason the "record" is 45 minutes because no one legitimately tried to break it and the fact that it is a "record" is overstated by the article. There probably isn't really a record, that is just the longest any of the press or scientists have stayed.
45 minutes is a lot of time though if you got nothing to concentrate on except sitting in a completely silent room. I do believe it fucks you up if you start to feel uncomfortable for whatever reason. Maybe the sound of your heart beating suddenly makes you really nervous?
[QUOTE=The Combine;35452872]45 minutes is a lot of time though if you got nothing to concentrate on except sitting in a completely silent room. I do believe it fucks you up if you start to feel uncomfortable for whatever reason. Maybe the sound of your heart beating suddenly makes you really nervous?[/QUOTE]
Not saying it doesn't. But holding your breath underwater for 9 minutes fucks you up too but that seems like a more legit record that's all I'm saying. Stick David Blaine in there and I bet he lasts more than 45 minutes.
I wouldn't mind giving it a try. Would be interesting.
I'd probably just close my eyes and either start going through scenes from a movie or running through all the songs that I know in my head, basically just ignore the fact that I'm sitting in pitch black silence.
[i]"The sound of silence."[/i]
This simply has to do with sensory deprivation.
If you want something like this that is even more intense, try an isolation tank.
Im pretty sure i could beat that 45 minutes.
What happens if someone deaf went and did that? :v:
Im not deaf myself though.
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I hate noise hallucinations though. It happens sometimes when i try to sleep. Last night i heard a short shout and a bang right after it, like a gunshot.
I have tinnitus so nothing will ever be quiet for me :v:
I would find it freaky and exciting at the same time.
I once heard from a teacher that a feudal Lord once ordered some kids to each be put in a room (that wasn't a bad room either, had toys etc.) where they'd basically be kept as prisoners as soon as they could live on their own without needing their mother for basic survival, and he would order them to be treated as kings and be fed the best food, however, they would not be allowed out of said room and not have any social contact, and when someone brought them food they wouldn't even be allowed to acknowledge the existence of the kids.
Eventually all kids died young even though they were apparently healthy.
Now just imagine this, that is a completely boring room, that is quite terrifying. Would make for the perfect torture thing. /shudder
[QUOTE=Gump;35452714]Only 45 minutes? Why can't someone just sleep in there or something. Probably some reason although I still find it hard to understand.[/QUOTE]
While you sleep your ears are still active, it's just that your consciousness doesn't get the sound. Your unconscious mind still hears.
I assume it would be very uncomfortable to sleep there.
what if you went in and then you felt uncomfortable and you were screaming to get out but they couldnt hear you :O
[QUOTE=Pace.;35453135]what if you went in and then you felt uncomfortable and you were screaming to get out but they couldnt hear you :O[/QUOTE]
Well I bet they have microphones there so you can talk to the outside world. (saying it like this since it basically seperates you from everything)
If you want to experience how overwhelming absolute silence can be, try and go mountaineering on a sunny windless day.
I experienced that once, and you really do start to hear your own body when there's nothing else to hear. You get annoyed by your own, loud breathing.
I suffer anxiety against sudden noises, so spending even 5 minutes in a room that's completely silent would make me lose it, I'd constantly fear that something is going to "appear" and scare the crap out of me.
We have one at our University. It just feels like a pressure on your head after a while, because you want that smallest of sound that isn't there.. it's weird.
I think if I did this I'd go insane. In quiet areas when I'm alone I sometimes make weird noises, rather than talk to myself.
They'd end up opening the door to check on me and I'd be sitting in the middle of a dark room making retarded animal noises or something.
Sounds similar to a sensory deprivation tank without the cool floating effect.
couldnt you just clap your hands, or make some other noise to keep yourself occupied while in there?
Sit there for over a hour and you start hearing the universe expand.
I have been in an anechoic chamber like that at the local university, I spent like 10 minutes in it, it was horrible.
Your body fucking amplifies your heartbeat in complete silence. That would definitely drive me insane.
I wonder how insulated it is to farts? Could I just rip a massive fart in there and walk out and leave it for the next guy?
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