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“Silence” really does belong in quotes. I spent some time in an anechoic chamber (a few hours a day over 6 weeks) and could hear the blood flowing through my ea
by 39896880 3y ago
“Silence” really does belong in quotes. I spent some time in an anechoic chamber (a few hours a day over 6 weeks) and could hear the blood flowing through my ears. It was quite strange and convinced me that true silence doesn’t exist unless you’re deaf.
- jijijijij 3y agoProbably similar to the experience of seeing the blood vessels of your retina when a focused light source moves past your eyes. I think that's something we kinda always "see", but the signal is removed by the brain before reaching consciousness, until lighting quickly changes blood vessels' shadows.
- causality0 3y agoOne of the spookiest experiences of my life was activating a pair of noise-canceling headphones in a room that was already quiet and immediately being able to hear my neck vertebrae touching. I snatched them off my head like they were a spider.
- alfiedotwtf 3y agoI think that’s normal. I also hear that roar that you read about when yawning or twisting ear muscles, and also pushing my head forward with my hard while fighting back with my neck muscles.