Evidence
Some who have spent time in less extreme chambers than Orfield’s have reported feelings of panic, disorientation, dizziness, and nausea; the last two being further indication of the tight connection between balance and hearing. Others who have gone in alone and in darkness to experience the chamber as a form of sensory deprivation environment have demanded to be let out after only a short time inside. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 474
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Total silence can overwhelm the mind as an alien, unbearable presence — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 222; People fear true silence because it threatens rather than merely rests their worldview — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 462; Total sensory absence can feel generative rather than merely frightening — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 496 (+26 more)
Library Connections
- Extreme physical silence can produce deep restfulness rather than only distress
#contradicts(0.85) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 496
Broader Connections
- In near-total silence a person may hear the mechanics of their own body
#exemplifies(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 578 - People instinctively generate noise to assert existence against overwhelming emptiness
#expands(0.75) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 224 - Near-total silence reveals that most people generate internal sound perceived as tinnitus
#exemplifies(0.70) — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 571 - Natural silence is a positive presence felt in the body
#complicates(0.70) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26 - Silence is a positive presence rather than mere absence
#complicates(0.70) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 1294 - Silence is an active presence that must be experienced, not imagined
#complicates(0.60) — Gordon Hempton, John Grossmann, One Square Inch of Silence- One Man’s…, 26