We all crave it, but can you stand the silence? The longest anyone can bear Earth's quietest place i
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Put halved ping pong balls over your eyes with red dots in the centre and listen to static, you'll get the same sensory deprivation effect that this room provides
to those people that think they can do it, I can attest that sensory deprivation is incredibly uncomfortable and unsettling.
Your totally silent bedroom is about ~55db. Anything in the negative, your brain fills in gaps with hallucinations and whatnot
[QUOTE=Darkslicer;35546315]Wow man.. this is one of the things you should have on your imaginery list of things you would like to do before you die. Experience complete silence.
Those low db under 20hz can also make your heart stop and or break your balance/movement, it's really interesting and I am not wondering why speakers or cinemas dont ever use hz under 20. Trainstations and other machinerys generally make these low sounds but not as dangerous as an direct impact by a wave done in 1hz or 2hz to your face.[/QUOTE]
Silence != low frequencies, I think you're getting the two confused there. Hz is a measurement for sound frequency, while decibels (db) are a measurement for sound volume.
[QUOTE=bye;35546744]Put halved ping pong balls over your eyes with red dots in the centre and listen to static, you'll get the same sensory deprivation effect that this room provides
to those people that think they can do it, I can attest that sensory deprivation is incredibly uncomfortable and unsettling.
Your totally silent bedroom is about ~55db. Anything in the negative, your brain fills in gaps with hallucinations and whatnot[/QUOTE]
That's sensory overload, not deprivation
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganzfeld_experiment[/url]
Some people with autism and tourettes need to sit in completely dark and quiet rooms for several minutes / hours in a day to build up a tolerance so that they can go outside and interact with people and not have problems
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so i imagine a room like this would be heaven for them
Don't worry, I know how to survive this.
All I need to do is constantly play Waka Flacka songs in my head until it's over.
i like to think i would be able to handle it, but i probably wouldnt in reality
Wow that has to be the best recording studio/foley room ever. I don't understand why you'd go crazy, it's probably easy as hell to sleep in there and beat the record by all night
[QUOTE=mysteryman;35452272]This plays on sensory deprivation doesn't it?
Also, jokes on them! I have Tinnitus.[/QUOTE]
Me too. :buddy:
Since tinnitus is caused by sudden silence (at least for me) they should add to the challenge by hitting a gong then slamming the chambers door shut. I mean, I would be hearing only ringing for the 45 minutes. :v:
Why not just fall asleep in the room and hold the record at 9 hours?
[QUOTE=Hidole555;35550697]Why not just fall asleep in the room and hold the record at 9 hours?[/QUOTE]
Your breathing would keep you awake.
Also, being inside certain caves is as close as you can get to natural complete silence. And even then there's still tons of soundwaves. Living in Kentucky, theres a LOT of caves that do tours, and most of them have a segment where they ask everyone to be quiet and then they turn off the lights. It's really unnerving, and its when I first found out I had tinnitus. You can hear even the smallest scuffle or the lightest breathing and its no where near complete silence. I could not even possibly imagine being in the anechoic chamber for 10 minutes, let alone 45.
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