1. According to that article, books, ability to write etc. would be out of the question. That's the part of the problem that we are discussing here - that the l

1. According to that article, books, ability to write etc. would be out of the question. That's the part of the problem that we are discussing here - that the lack of stimuli (basically absolute boredom) can be torturous. Your argument seems to be like 'I would be OK with them torturing me if they just did not do things I don't like to me'. 2. I think that you would be really surprised how cruel the lack of social contact can be. We are wired to be social but it's hard to even imagine spending prolonged time without talking to others etc. because most of us have never experienced it. Someone who has never experienced hunger could think that they would be OK without food... but I am pretty sure they would change their mind after three days without a bite.