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#1686296 - 04/05/12 08:16 PM The Quietest Place on Earth
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But while the super-silent oasis is a great testbed for various products, it holds a darker side: silence, it turns out, can put a great strain on the human brain. Researchers at NASA test the room's unique acoustic capabilities on humans rather than hardware. The noiselessness is used to simulate the silence of space — an environment astronauts would be well served to grow accustomed to.

What they've found is that when all outside noise is removed from an enclosure, human hearing will do its best to find something to listen to. In a room where almost 100% of sound is muted, people begin to hear things like their own heartbeat at a greatly amplified volume. As the minutes tick by in absolute quiet, the human mind begins to lose its grip, causing test subjects to hallucinate.
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#1686297 - 04/05/12 08:17 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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#1686298 - 04/05/12 08:19 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I caught the end of something about this on the radio this morning, coming in. I didn't have a clue what they were talking about, but it's obviously this! Apparently people having a conversation tend to shout at each other in there, because the sound dampening makes it hard to even hear a normal conversation. Sounds like fun to me!
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#1686299 - 04/05/12 08:20 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I guess 45 minutes is the longest anyone has lasted in there. eek
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#1686300 - 04/05/12 08:22 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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Awww, the link is blocked. This sounds like an interesting story that I will need to check from home.

Coincidentally, the power went out in my neighborhood last night just as I went to bed and the utter silence made it hard for me to fall asleep. I have to have some sort of background noise. Usually I have a radio on really low volume across the room.
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#1686301 - 04/05/12 08:22 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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Originally Posted By: manimal
I guess 45 minutes is the longest anyone has lasted in there. eek


That's what she...wait, no, not going there!
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#1686309 - 04/05/12 08:37 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth Matt_B
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Originally Posted By: manimal
I guess 45 minutes is the longest anyone has lasted in there. eek


That's what she...wait, no, not going there!


Darn that is exactly where I was going. laugh
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#1686334 - 04/05/12 09:17 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth edAudit
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Kind of reminds me of the movie Altered States.
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#1686335 - 04/05/12 09:18 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I could last all day. It could be a great nap time spot.

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#1686341 - 04/05/12 09:50 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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#1686361 - 04/05/12 10:41 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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Originally Posted By: GuitarDude
Coincidentally, the power went out in my neighborhood last night just as I went to bed and the utter silence made it hard for me to fall asleep. I have to have some sort of background noise. Usually I have a radio on really low volume across the room.
I'm concerned I won't be able to sleep when I visit home in a few months. It's out in the country so all you hear is nature. I'm thinking of recording a night in Phx and looping it: screaching tires, ghetto birds, people yelling in the not-too-far distance.

Originally Posted By: Guns 'n Poodles
Kind of reminds me of the movie Altered States.
This is actually a really good movie. I'm supposed to go to one of those floating tanks soon and it reminded me of this.
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#1686534 - 04/06/12 04:00 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I thought this was about The Contro Cooler...
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#1686536 - 04/06/12 04:05 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth MB Guy
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Can the quietest place on earth be a place that doesn't exist?
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#1686542 - 04/06/12 04:13 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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#1686547 - 04/06/12 04:20 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I'd like to send one of my coworkers there, then this would be the second quietest place on the planet.
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#1686554 - 04/06/12 04:28 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth 'Lil Freak!
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Originally Posted By: Guns 'n Poodles
Kind of reminds me of the movie Altered States.


First thing that I thought of!!

Caveman anyone? crazy
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#1686580 - 04/06/12 05:01 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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I had to google it. Sounds creepy!
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#1686588 - 04/06/12 05:23 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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Its cool in a mildly creepy sort of way..... smile
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#1686593 - 04/06/12 05:33 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth Bankbb1, PITA
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Originally Posted By: Bankbb1
Its cool in a mildly creepy sort of way..... smile


You mean like the BOL Coolies? whistle laugh
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#1686604 - 04/06/12 05:50 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth GuitarDude
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Originally Posted By: GuitarDude
Originally Posted By: Bankbb1
Its cool in a mildly creepy sort of way..... smile


You mean like the BOL Coolies Trollers ? whistle laugh


fixed. wink
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#1686631 - 04/06/12 06:30 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth Bankbb1, PITA
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Originally Posted By: Bankbb1
Originally Posted By: Guns 'n Poodles
Kind of reminds me of the movie Altered States.


Caveman anyone? crazy


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#1686635 - 04/06/12 06:37 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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"silence, it turns out, can put a great strain on the human brain. "

I know my mother-in-law has believed this for years, and therefore is committed to preventing silence from occurring.

Try driving with her for 45 minutes and see if you can last.
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#1686642 - 04/06/12 06:46 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth MyBrainHurts
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Originally Posted By: MyBrainHurts
"silence, it turns out, can put a great strain on the human brain. "

I know my mother-in-law has believed this for years, and therefore is committed to preventing silence from occurring.

Try driving with her for 45 minutes and see if you can last.


My son is the same way. He NEVER shuts up!!!! Talks to himself all of the time: in the shower, going to the bathroom, playing on the computer, in his sleep!!! And that's not even him saying: mom, mom, mom, mom, hey mom, mom!!!

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#1686651 - 04/06/12 06:51 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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mom, mom, mom, mom, hey mom, mom, mom, mom....

just wanted to say hi. You know, to break the silence.

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#1686654 - 04/06/12 06:53 PM Re: The Quietest Place on Earth manimal
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laugh Hey there Pup.

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