Would you try out the sensory deprivation tank?
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terror_and_submission — 19 years ago(February 21, 2007 05:41 PM)
Sensory deprivation is definitely pretty cool. The whole ape thing in the movie I thought was kind of stupid and took away from the really profound stuff. The sort of regression into naked thoughts of sensory deprivation opens a lot of doors of thinking. It can be explored with lucid dreaming as well, and psychaedellic drugs would only take it to new levels (maybe dangerous levels).
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mineofilms — 19 years ago(March 07, 2007 11:40 AM)
maybe? ha, sure it would, taking those kinds of drugs do very weird things to a person thinking patterns, i know from first hand experience, i just wish i would have a tank to explore, lol, anyone know where i can find one, lol?
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davidemartin — 19 years ago(March 17, 2007 12:32 PM)
I'm a little ambivalent about the things, givcen the only two times I've seen them used on film, they were used for unfortunate effect. In the 1968 pilot film HAWAII 5-0, the Red Chinese spymaster Wo Fat uses a sensory deprivation tank concealed in a tanker's hold to mentally break spies. He almost broke MacGarrett!
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Nephilim-6 — 18 years ago(May 12, 2007 06:00 PM)
Hell yeah that would be cool. I wouldn't take drugs though while doing it. Bad experiences with hallucinagenic drugs.
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howcanyoubesure — 18 years ago(August 01, 2007 10:21 AM)
Yes I would try , but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to bear the claustrophoby.
If I managed to do it the first time , I would try it again with cannabies. I don't know if I ever would have the courage to use LSD or mushrooms in a SD tank though, but I'm a bit jealous of those who have the guts. -
Drillbitch — 18 years ago(August 21, 2007 10:59 AM)
I've done floatation tanks a few times, not quite the same but heading in the direction of the Sensory Deprivation Tanks. It's quite spooky floating in the dark with your own breath being the only sound you can hear.
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Davidreefer — 18 years ago(October 19, 2007 09:15 PM)
they don't use them in gitmo, they don't need to. The torture technique known as "the vietnam" where the subject is forced to stand on a box with a bag over his head is enough to induce sensory deprivation, and a sense of overwhelming disorientation. Add in electrodes attached to the fingers to instill fear of being shocked any second, and it breaks the mind of the subject quickly enough. A dark room achieves the same result. The main goal with interrogation based sensory deprivation is to deprive the person of human contact, to the point where they want to see and interact with any living person, and will become subservient to even their own captor, if only for the interaction. A tank would take up space, they'd need to keep it the right temperature, keep it filled with magnesium sulfate, and would need to lock the subject in, which would make it easy for him to drown himself, so it's not practical to use as a torture device. It only works if you want to be in it.
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elledriver89 — 16 years ago(January 18, 2010 10:03 PM)
I tried it once. It was very relaxing, except that I kept bumping into the sides of the tank. After it was over I felt peaceful and my body was very relaxed. While I've had many psychedelic experiences, I've never had a chance to go into a tank with an expanded POV. A five gram mushroom trip is intense enough in a dark, silent bedroom. But I suppose if you REALLY wanted to talk to a higher intelligence you could couple the 2 together and cruise hyperspace for a trillion light years. I don't think it would turn you into a primal ape/blob-thing though