- Sep 29, 2000
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This is a result of the what is sleep thread and some late night insomnia but I was trying to create an experiment to see how the gradual change in the percieved time by a human would influence them. ie. If we shortened a "day" into 18 hours (from now on, I will use quotation marks to refer to percieved time and non-quotation marks to refer to objective time)
Of course, the experiment I am proposing is so highly impractical that it would have Ethics boards in outrage and Pavlov cream his pants but its fun to dream .
Basically, what I am proposing, is to have 1 or more people live in a living space far enough under the gorund so that no natural sunlight could penetrate and then control "day" and "night" through the use of artificial lighting. The period of lighting would then be gradually lengthened or shortened to see what effects it would have on the individual(s)
Now, looking into the specifics of the experiment, I want to design a complete living space where all objective measures of time are removed
The first step would to be obviously get rid of all clocks/watches etc.
Lighting would be in the form of 1 set of automatic lights which would simulate the "day" and "night" by gradually lighting up and dimming and one set of normal lights.
Food would not be in the form of meals as there would be a noticable decrease in hunger as each "day" grew shorter but more of a food-on-demand with not differentiation b/w breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I dont think it is possible to include either TV or Radio as each of those are based on regular chunks of objective time (30 minute shows etc)
Reading I think would be an excellent way of passing the time as well as excercise so a large library and full complement of gym equipment would be included.
Any other ideas guys?
Of course, the experiment I am proposing is so highly impractical that it would have Ethics boards in outrage and Pavlov cream his pants but its fun to dream .
Basically, what I am proposing, is to have 1 or more people live in a living space far enough under the gorund so that no natural sunlight could penetrate and then control "day" and "night" through the use of artificial lighting. The period of lighting would then be gradually lengthened or shortened to see what effects it would have on the individual(s)
Now, looking into the specifics of the experiment, I want to design a complete living space where all objective measures of time are removed
The first step would to be obviously get rid of all clocks/watches etc.
Lighting would be in the form of 1 set of automatic lights which would simulate the "day" and "night" by gradually lighting up and dimming and one set of normal lights.
Food would not be in the form of meals as there would be a noticable decrease in hunger as each "day" grew shorter but more of a food-on-demand with not differentiation b/w breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I dont think it is possible to include either TV or Radio as each of those are based on regular chunks of objective time (30 minute shows etc)
Reading I think would be an excellent way of passing the time as well as excercise so a large library and full complement of gym equipment would be included.
Any other ideas guys?