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The environment doesn't matter. If it does then you're already distracted from the thought.

• ummonk 6y ago
  That’s absurd. To take it to extremes, for example, if you made someone sit alone in the freezing cold and they complained, the environment is the issue not their ability to live alone with their thoughts.
  • wruza 6y ago
    Except the room wasn’t cold. The only extreme condition is that it is empty and there is nothing but yourself to inspect and feel.
    • joe_the_user 6y ago
      I would assume the room is an average room, in contrast to a warm you could swim in, trampoline you could play on or similar physical outlets. The key thing, I would claim, from a "whole person" perspective, is that the contrast is "sit quietly, forget your body entirely and think" and "get stressed by bodily tension and start an uncontrollable argument with yourself" where "bring your mind and body into harmony through movement" isn't an options.
  • manigandham 6y ago
    But why "take it to extremes"? Yes, if you're sitting next to a volcano or on a glacier then outside conditions can affect your ability to think. Obviously. However the OP said "an indoor room isn’t a particularly desirable environment" - and that actually is absurd. If you need to be in a sauna or on a beach then you're already too distracted by the environment to be able to think deeply.