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> The film’s success spoke to floating’s ongoing mystical allure. After sports teams such as the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies installed flo
by cooperadymas 11y ago
> The film’s success spoke to floating’s ongoing mystical allure. After sports teams such as the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia Phillies installed float tanks in their training facilities in 1980, they won the Super Bowl and World Series respectively. By the middle of that decade, celebrities from John Lennon to Robin Williams had acquired tanks.
Err... John Lennon died in 1980. The Eagles lost the 1981 Super Bowl. What other inaccuracies might be in the article?
- tjradcliffe 11y agoYeah, and by the mid-1990's no one was using them, which is the adoption curve that's characteristic of a fad, not an effective method of doing anything useful. Now 20 years later the fad is back, right on schedule. Expect it to last five to ten years (closer to five) then drop off as people lose interest because once the novelty wears off there is nothing to go back for.
- GuiA 11y agoApparently John Lennon used a floatation tank in 1979: http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Bio-Lennon-Kicked-Heroin-Habit-By-Floating-/id-7e78827f7fd8b1c7560f182aaf4dd07e/ http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1988/Bio-Lennon-Kicked-Heroin-H... The Eagles did lose the 81 Super Bowl, but maybe it's a typo for "made it to the Super Bowl", which is considered an achievement in itself in sports? (particularly if the team had a poor track record the years prior)