Extreme battlefield noise can annihilate thought and reduce a person to helpless reflex

Evidence

Nothing else was left. Sound squeezed out every other sense impression. He found himself cowering on hands and knees, hands over his ears, unable to think or do anything but scream because of it. When the explosions finally stopped, he found he had soiled himself. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 424

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 424
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Total sensory absence can feel generative rather than merely frightening — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 496; Constant information overload structurally undermines the capacity for independent thought — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 453; People instinctively generate noise to assert existence against overwhelming emptiness — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 224 (+19 more)

Library Connections

• Certain low-frequency sounds can resonate with body organs and cause physical harm #exemplifies (0.80) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 45

Broader Connections

• Chronic noise conflict has driven ordinary people to lethal violence #expands (0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 48