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- Wiini, on 01/23/2008, -6/+108I'd touch myself a lot. You know, because no one can see me.
- Steve95613, on 01/23/2008, -8/+102 John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, His name is my name too. Whenever we go out the people always shout, "There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt." La, la, la, la, la, la, la
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, His name...
- a5tr0cr3ep, on 01/23/2008, -0/+56This is hard to wrap your mind around, but blind people are not in the dark. they dont know what dark is. i am fortunate enough to have vision, however, a good friend of mine was born with cancer in his left eye and it had to be removed. i asked him what it was like and he said that he does not see dark b/c he has never had vision from that part of his body. Then he said the most mind bending thing i have ever heard when it comes to vision. he asked me what i saw out of my fingertips. and i was like what!? he said it again "what do you see out of your fingertips?" and i said "nothing"...and he said; "exactly, not even dark." what i am saying is if your blind you have nothing... darkness is even a perception created by our vision....
- turbopro, on 01/23/2008, -1/+56put a computer in there with starcraft and see what happens...
- breckinshire, on 01/23/2008, -9/+58The Baby Jesus can. And then he cries.
- akkibaba, on 01/23/2008, -2/+50If you're left Alone in the Dark, you develop an intense hatred for Uwe Boll.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -6/+52Sensory deprivation is a reoutine aspect of U.S. interrogation techniques. That's why you always see the Iraqi detainees with bags over their heads.
Also, the U.S. has always been careful to confine its legal definition of torture to exclusively physical sensation. Mental torture is not "torture" under U.S. law. It is certainly classified that way in ever anti-torture treaty we've signed since WWII, but the U.S. just attaches signing statements to those treaties that explain that it's signing on but rejecting the portion of the treaty that classifies mental abuse as "torture."
Also, this might be off topic but I thought I'd note that waterboarding causes the body's drowning reflex mechanisms (called the "mammalian diving reflex") to kick in, starving all of the organs of oxygen in order to maximize oxygen supply to the brain. That's why it's no picnic either. - Onicen, on 01/23/2008, -1/+46And, you know, the night vision cameras.
- HHP2K, on 01/23/2008, -2/+45That reminds me of when I used to have photography class in high school. We'd be in the darkroom, and all the lights would go out, and it's just the weirdest feeling. You're not entirely sure where you are anymore, or where anyone else is.. and when silence comes into play, it just gets creepier. Your brain is looking for something to process, and when there's nothing there, it's very true.. it can start making stuff up.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -0/+37Their other senses are constantly being stimulated though.
- shadeOfGrey, on 01/23/2008, -10/+44Baby Jesus is a perv.
- zheisey, on 01/23/2008, -0/+34If it was me in there, I would have been butt naked and covered in feces when they finally opened the door...just for the shock value
- Beakerz, on 01/23/2008, -0/+32rtfa - its done.
- LoudMusic, on 01/23/2008, -0/+31I'd be willing - how much does it pay? (:
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -4/+29They should just ask my kids...
- S3Captain, on 01/23/2008, -2/+21Makes me think of the new-found ghost shows like Ghost Hunters and Paranormal State. While some of the footage on them has made me think more positively in the possibility of spirits among us, the crews always operate in near darkness for hours. Their "personal experiences" (being touched, seeing shadows, etc...) could easily be explained by the results named in this experiment.
- elshizzo, on 01/23/2008, -1/+18wow, a backwards smiley O:
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -2/+18oh, i don't listen to hip hop.
- slvrbullet87, on 01/23/2008, -0/+16All you have to do to see halucinations is sit in the dark for a few hours? Why do i keep walking through fields looking under *****
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -0/+15*most interesting comment I've read in ages* I'd never thought about it that way.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -5/+20i saw this documentary once about solitary confinement in prison, and they interviewed a convicted murderer who described what it was like. as he was reflecting on it, he just started to weep... it was tough to watch... it's torture.
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -2/+16Sleep deprivation != sensory deprivation
- atgmac, on 01/23/2008, -2/+16If you live in the UK you can watch it on iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008v90f.sh ... - rmxz, on 01/23/2008, -1/+15Totally different from my memory of highschool art class's darkroom (that was big enough it held a few people at a time). Any such thoughts you describe were blocked out by the overriding thought "whoa! i'm in a dark room with girls".
- aximbigfan, on 01/23/2008, -0/+14Sorry, this isn't AOL.
- RandoTheKing, on 01/23/2008, -7/+19Blind people are always in the dark.
- look4alec, on 01/23/2008, -3/+15During pledging I was in the dark for 3 days, no longer than 12 hours at a time. When I say dark, I mean you can't see your hand in front of your face. We were in a large bathroom so we had water and toilets and a shower. We also were allowed unlimited beer, which probably saved my life.
I was with other people, but still, it makes you insane. People would yell and scream and kick and get told to shut the ***** up. We resorted to singing themesongs of shows we watched as children (psychoanalyze that!)
Another thing that happened was that one of us had a lighter and we made them keep lighting it because we would start to see ***** in the dark and hear weird noises. It ran out of butane within 2 hours so we took turns just flicking the flint, just for a moment of light, just a flash. This kept us from totally losing it.
It was very bad, and I can't imagine being put in that situation by someone you *don't* trust to keep you alive. I still believe that it is good for you to go through that, just so you know how good you have it. - Orion682, on 01/23/2008, -0/+11And without having to process visual information, their brains use that horsepower to process their other senses all the more. That's why the blind often have much sharper senses of smell, touch, and hearing.
- orangefly, on 01/23/2008, -4/+15they become scientologists....
- form3hide, on 01/23/2008, -0/+11scorpion on my back! there's a scorpion on my back!
- inactive, on 01/23/2008, -0/+10It'd probably be really easy to forget they're there. Oh God, that's just terrifying to think about - all of the embarrassing things you'd do on account of assuming that people can't see you.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 01/23/2008, -0/+10What the ***** was that all about?
- Myonosken, on 01/23/2008, -0/+10If you're freaked enough to see snakes and *****, I'm fairly sure you'd forget about the cameras.
- NJPENSO, on 01/23/2008, -2/+12That poor murderer.
- SabrinaHeaven, on 01/23/2008, -3/+12"The tests are exploring the theory that sensory deprivation makes subjects much more suggestible. ...
"After just 48 hours, Adam wanted to kiss the man who opened the door to let him out."
Is this the latest gambit of the International Gay Conspiracy? - Brodels, on 01/23/2008, -0/+9It's already been carried out. It was shown on BBC 1's Horizon show the other night. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon ...
- Ghoztt, on 01/23/2008, -0/+9This experiment would be much more interesting if they had placed a Buddhist monk that had year upon years of meditating within a sensory deprivation cell as well - as a control. I think scientists would be very shocked at the differences between the control and the variables.
What is happening within these sensory deprivation cells is extremely similar to what happens when a human takes a psychedelic, such as mushrooms, LSD or dimethyltryptamine. You are now forced to look at what you think about - with your senses towards this outside world shutting down. Most cannot handle this, as they have extreme negativities that must be dealt with inside their mind - and their inability to understand what is going on combined with a mind that has been focused upon external objects all their life makes for an unpleasant experience for those that have no real foundation in a truthful belief system.
Dogmatic religion, negativity, opinion. These things are very painful to look at for many psychonauts. - rcflyr, on 01/23/2008, -0/+9Somebody stole my pants!
- bills534, on 01/23/2008, -0/+9Thats a god point. They already had a suggestible mindset going into these "haunted" places then they put themselves in dark rooms for extended periods of time. It makes sense they their brains might come up with sights or sensations.
- fdw2006, on 01/23/2008, -6/+15Because I am a nerd and enjoy reading about experiments and their results, this was pretty cool. However, there is absolutely no way I would have made it much past the first nap.
- Error601, on 01/23/2008, -2/+11It's like the 70s all over again.
- Firehed, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8Their hands would have no trouble finding your face to lay a good smack across it, no matter how dark the room.
- astrotrain, on 01/23/2008, -1/+9if it were me... I would start singing:
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon. - Myonosken, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8That's what he said. And if you pay more attention to them, you notice more and, therefore, they are sharper.
- Klarth, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8What happens when they need to take a dump? Seriously.
- funkyjunk3, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8Google Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8834817563 ...
- utdrew182, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8Nah that was just the foreign spelling
- Hoogs, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8At least you'd be able to look down and see yourself.
- rossmills, on 01/23/2008, -0/+8Much like the comedian, I'd love to try that... just for the experience, even if it's a bad one.
- klawless, on 01/23/2008, -0/+7This reminds me of Altered States, what a great movie
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