Guess, if you are locked in an isolated basement alone, you can eat and drink, and you can do whatever you like. The only limitation is that there is no time Tools can't judge time by alternating day and night. What will you be like in half a year?
On January 13, 1989, under a hill west of Carlsbad County, New Mexico, USA, a person named Stefania Foligny ( Stefania·Follini ) Italian female interior decorator, through a narrow entrance like a well, climbed into an underground cave with no sky.
This cave is located at a depth of 9.14 meters underground, with a constant temperature of 23°C throughout the year, which is very suitable for human survival. It used to be a natural cave, but before Foligny climbed in, NASA had built a simple room 6.1 meters long, 3.7 meters wide and 22.57 square meters in the interior with plexiglass.
In addition to three not-so-bright lights and necessary living supplies, there are also books, guitars, playing cards and other entertainment items to pass the time, as well as a computer that has eliminated the timing function.
span11span -It allows Foligny to communicate with the researchers outside the cave. This is the only way Foligny can interact with the outside world.
In addition, three cameras are installed in the cave for the research team to observe Fuli's life and emotional response in real time. At the same time, the researchers track her body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and hormone secretion through medical equipment every day to help Collect experimental data and protect her health.
Obviously, this is a well-arranged scientific experiment. The 27-year-old Stefania Foligny was able to stand out from the more than 20 volunteers who signed up for this experiment by virtue of his excellent physical condition, good psychological quality, and high self-discipline. of. And then, she needs to live alone in the cave for 130 days according to her plan to see the sky again.
However, the most special part of this experiment is not the confined space and living alone, but it cuts off all the ways Fouli perceives time. There are no clocks in the room, no Internet access, and no outside sounds can be heard. That is to say, Foligny can't measure time with any tools or methods, she can neither judge day and night, nor know how many minutes, hours, days... or weeks have passed.
Maybe when she first entered the crypt, she could still hope to use a woman's unique menstrual period, and barely judge that it was about a month later, but is due to biological rhythm span11span (biological clock) is extremely disordered,From the second month on, her eldest aunt never came as expected.
Follini was originally a highly self-disciplined person with a very regular life. This is one of the main reasons she was able to participate in this experiment. But soon after entering the cave, her rhythm of life was completely disrupted. Although she has been trying to maintain a regular life, because there is no alarm clock to control the sleep time, she can only be forced to sleep until she wakes up naturally every time she sleeps. Don't mention how happy it is... No, it's not too bad.
This makes Follini’s sleep time continue to extend every day. If you sleep too much, you will be awake for a longer time before being sleepy. After playing for a long time, the sleep time will continue to increase, so it enters a vicious circle. Soon, Foligny’s sleep time was extended to more than ten hours, and after waking up, he would be active for another twenty hours before falling asleep again.
This means that Follini’s biological rhythm has been extended from the original 24 hours/cycle to about 40 hours/cycle.
In other words, it is impossible for her to count the days and live a life by "closed eyes, open them, and a day passes", but she doesn't know it. So on May 4th, when the experiment was nearing its end, the researchers asked Foligny to estimate how long the time had passed. She said with certainty that the day should be around March 7th, with no more than 2 weeks before and after the error.
In other words, Foligny has lived in the cave for nearly 4 months, but she herself thinks that she has only been in the cave for about 2 months. and the day before the end of the experiment,On the evening of May 22, when the person in charge of the research team notified Follini of the end of the experiment through a computer, she was even shocked.
"I have been told for 4 months, but I will be asked to go out in 2 months?" This is the personal experience of Foligny living in a confined space that cannot be timed for 130 days. At this point, the 130-day experiment has come to an end.
Afterwards, this special experiment was reported by various media such as " New York Times", "Los Angeles Times", "Chicago Tribune", "Span10span Time Magazine", Stefani A. Foeni also successfully broke the world record for "the longest time a woman lives alone in a cave".
What's interesting is that when I was looking up the information, I thought Fouli would yell "Wow, sunshine" in excitement when he saw the sky again. However, according to the description of The New York Times, when she crawled out of the entrance and waved to the researchers and media reporters at the entrance of the cave, the first sentence she blurted out turned out to be: Wow, man.
emmm... I am still too young and naive.
So, what is the practical significance of this experiment?
Regarding the purpose of this experiment, it has been widely misinformed on the Internet, and it has also been spread. If you search for the keywords " Fulini, 130 days " in Du Niang,You will see that the title of a large number of articles contains the strange information " NASA proves that time is an illusion ".
emmm...I don't even think about it, just shut people in a hole for 130 days for such a mess. Is NASA enough to eat?
In fact, , this seemingly idle experiment, has very far-reaching scientific significance.
On the one hand, it can intuitively reflect the form and extent of biological rhythms that will be affected by humans when they lose time perception conditions, and how these effects are reflected in physiological mechanisms; on the other hand , It can also actually test how much psychological pressure human beings will have when living alone in a confined space for a long time.
In a word, This experiment can provide a lot of realistic data for medical research.
The reason why NASA sponsored and participated is because humans live alone in confined spaces for a long time, which can well simulate the situation of humans living for a long time in a narrow spacecraft. This can serve the future The long-distance manned spaceflight provides a strong realistic basis to better protect the health of astronauts or interstellar travelers during the flight.
So this experiment is definitely not the way it is circulated on the Internet.Not only does it greatly endanger the physical and mental health of the test subjects, it also has no use for eggs. In fact, on the contrary, under the “careful care” of the research team, the health of the experimental subjects can be fully guaranteed, and the data provided by this experiment has very high research value for medical research and aerospace industry.
Other misrepresentations about this experiment.
Perhaps because the subject of this experiment was a woman, or perhaps because NASA participated in the experiment as an organizer and sponsor, this experiment became the most famous of many similar experiments. Get a lot of dissemination online. However, most of the articles on over-interpreted and misdescribed this experiment.
The more common mistake is that many articles claim that the planned duration of this experiment is 210 days, but because Follini’s physical and mental health has been severely affected, it was forced to stop on the 130th day; and more serious Some people even said that "this is a very inhumane experiment." These strange "rumors" are all instilling the same kind of thinking, and that is that Fouli was greatly hurt during the experiment.
In fact, According to the original data, this experiment was originally planned to be 130 days instead of the 210 days described on the Internet. Although during the experiment, Follini’s psychological and physical conditions were affected to a certain extent- her confined space and lonely life once made her depressed; her menstrual period was also disordered due to the destruction of biological rhythms , But it is far from reaching the level of "severe impact on physical and mental health."
Therefore, I personally guess that the wrong descriptions of "Originally planned for 210 days" and "Forced to suspend" are likely to confuse this experiment with the other two similar experiments.
Having said that, I have to mention another important organizer of this experiment.
Although the experiment that Foligny participated in was organized and sponsored by NASA, the direct leader of the research team was an Italian sociologist and psychologist Maurizio Montalbi Nepal ( Maurizio·Montalbini ). This person is a cave dwelling lover, and has been devoted to exploring the long-term solitary condition of human beings in confined spaces.
During the 20 years from 1986 to 2006, this man named Montalbini has repeatedly planned experiments on humans living alone in caves, , and most of them were personally tested by him. Into the cave.
In an experiment on December 14, 1986, Montalbini lived alone in the Frasassi cave in the Apennines near Ancona, Italy 210 days _strong, strong15 It wasn't until July 12, 1987 that he walked out of the cave, breaking the world record of long-term burrowing alone. I think that the statement "originally planned for 210 days" may come from this experiment.
And Montalbini’s craziest experiment was In October 2006, he planned to live alone in a cold cave 80 meters below the Apennine Peninsula in Italy for 1,000 days, is equivalent to sentenced himself to three years in prison. However, this crazy plan did not come true, because he only insisted on it for 235 days before it was terminated early.
Based on this, we have reason to believe that the false description of the experiment that Foligny participated in was originally planned for 210 days and was later forced to be suspended. It is likely to be grafted from the above two experiments.
In addition, the statement that this experiment is "very inhumane" is obviously not true. In fact, this is just a very normal scientific experiment that volunteers voluntarily participate in under the premise of strict guarantees, and there is nothing inhumane.
Of course, this is not to say that this is risk-free. Without the support of a professional team, confining yourself in a confined space is a very dangerous behavior. Being in a state of extreme loneliness for a long time will cause disorders in the secretion of hormones and neurotransmitters in the body, and eventually may develop into severe depression. I ended up in the cave by myself.
So, don't try to imitate this behavior in any way, it is tantamount to "death".
unless you can play with mobile phones in the cave.
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