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It must be weird having thoughts without any sensory input whatsoever...it’s like a prison of sorts.
by booleandilemma 9y ago
It must be weird having thoughts without any sensory input whatsoever...it’s like a prison of sorts.
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> It must be weird having thoughts without any sensory input whatsoever...it’s like a prison of sorts I don't know. For an uninstantiated mind, perhaps. But if you know it's temporary and know it's safe, perhaps it would be therapeutic. Or beneficial in some other way. Maybe a detached brain sleeps better. Or maybe it instantly and irreversibly goes mad.
- ramblenode 9y agoPerhaps relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_cognition
- firethief 9y agoAt minimum it quickly gets pretty trippy. The closest human experiments I know of are dissociative hallucinogens and sensory deprivation.
- SteveJS 9y agoThoughts without sensory input is basically what people are going for when they pay money and schedule time in a float tank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_tank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_tank
- ASalazarMX 9y agoI guess it would be maddening. At least in the tank you can still move, speak, blink, touch, breathe, etc. Much more importantly, in a vat you'd have your entire central nervous system exposed, that could be painful.