• The quietest place on Earth

    From JAB@here@is.invalid to sci.misc on Sun Sep 14 21:48:11 2025
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    Science girl@gunsnrosesgirl3

    The quietest place on Earth is an anechoic chamber at Orfield
    Laboratories in Minnesota.

    The space is so quiet that the longest anybody has been able to bear
    it was an entire 45 minutes.
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    Dr. Simon Hundeshagen @shundeshagen

    This nonexistence of all ambient sound is creating a sensory vacuum
    that's deeply unsettling to the human brain. In this silence, you
    begin to hear your own body in unnerving detail: your heartbeat, the
    gurgle of digestion, even the friction of your joints. This extreme
    auditory isolation overwhelms the vestibular system and the brain's
    spatial orientation mechanisms, which rely on subtle sound cues to
    interpret balance and environment. Without external stimuli, the brain
    begins to hallucinate sounds and sights to fill the void - similar to
    sensory deprivation tanks, but more disorienting. Prolonged exposure
    can cause a loss of equilibrium, nausea, and panic, as your body
    fights to re-anchor itself in a space where it can no longer "hear"
    its place in the world.

    https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1967280105006460990

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  • From Retrograde@fungus@amongus.com.invalid to sci.misc on Fri Sep 19 17:44:48 2025
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    On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:48:11 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Science girl@gunsnrosesgirl3

    The quietest place on Earth is an anechoic chamber at Orfield
    Laboratories in Minnesota.

    The space is so quiet that the longest anybody has been able to bear
    it was an entire 45 minutes.

    That's pretty interesting and I don't think I would like it. I *Would*
    however like some quiet around here - too much screaming on all sides.

    It's interesting how many things our brains are unable to process, that
    relate to us being basically monkeys.
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