Can Silence Actually Drive You Crazy?

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  • čas přidán 17. 02. 2014
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    Is 45 minutes really the longest anyone can stay in a perfectly silent, pitch-black room?
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    Want to watch the whole hour of silence? • An Hour of Silence
    Many stories have circulated claiming the longest anyone has stayed in an ultra-quiet anechoic chamber is 45 minutes, the reason being any longer would drive you insane. To me this sounded like unsubstantiated rubbish, like the claim the Great Wall is the only manmade structure visible from space. So I put my own psyche on the line, subjecting myself to over an hour of the most intense quiet on Earth. No, this was not THE quietest room on Earth (-9dB) but it is one of the quietest, and the truth is once you put a person inside, they are by far the loudest thing in there so the sound rating of the room is irrelevant.
    I was not surprised to find that I could stay in there for as long as I liked and feel perfectly fine. What was surprising is that my heartbeat was audible. You can hear it on the sound recording. Now I wasn't consciously aware of the sound of my heart while in the room, but I was more aware of the feeling of it beating.
    Huge thank you to everyone at BYU: Duane Merrell, Spencer Perry, Cameron Vongsawad, Jazz Myers, Ann Clawson, and Robert Willes.

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  • @jackhesed
    @jackhesed Před 4 lety +34999

    the quietest room is when your teacher done yelling in your class

    • @olived8620
      @olived8620 Před 4 lety +484

      ɢᴀʙʙʏ ɢᴀʀᴄɪᴀ when ever that happens I get really scared and plug my ears because of my sensitive ears :

    • @jakubjakistam9137
      @jakubjakistam9137 Před 4 lety +89

      That never happens

    • @tree7824
      @tree7824 Před 4 lety +112

      i agree

    • @futihatu
      @futihatu Před 4 lety +35

      😂😂😂

    • @esk0079
      @esk0079 Před 4 lety +55

      nope when my class is screamibg and yelling at out teacher...smoke ciggarets and joints...welcome to Austrians Kids

  • @lylechatt1417
    @lylechatt1417 Před 4 lety +7200

    This doesn’t beat when your mom leaves you in the car at a store for 5 minutes

  • @sewminadilshan7223
    @sewminadilshan7223 Před 2 lety +1101

    "the record is 45 minutes"
    Introverts : Are you challengine me?

    • @ragon747
      @ragon747 Před rokem +25

      Exactly

    • @thecaketubby5764
      @thecaketubby5764 Před rokem +23

      I'm an introvert and I would honestly be unnerved

    • @thegrayyernaut
      @thegrayyernaut Před rokem +35

      As an introvert, I need a lot of sounds around me.
      Even when I can stay for months without talking to anyone, I still need the sound of the electric fan, the chirping of birds, the barking of dogs, and music in my ears.
      I can't imagine being in complete silence. I won't last long xD

    • @MiloSatori
      @MiloSatori Před rokem +10

      Silence is power.

    • @Phyrre56
      @Phyrre56 Před rokem +32

      The fact that he lasted over 45 minutes and wasn't even particularly bothered makes me think the 45 minutes thing is a myth or perhaps based on some people freaking out in the chamber. It could also be that people freak out now because someone has told them that everyone freaks out? Like a form of suggestion.

  • @vinalkumar7041
    @vinalkumar7041 Před rokem +259

    Veritasium casually breaks world record
    " I like silence, no big deal":

    • @Demonsta
      @Demonsta Před 9 měsíci +17

      He cheated by talking to himself. The longer the ear is in silence the more unusual sounds it will pick up, or even create its own sounds to compensate (auditory hallucinations), like a camera lense trying to focus on nothing, that's why most people can't take more than 45 minutes. Every time he spoke out loud he allowed his ear to focus and reset his progress. This is like saying he broke a record for longest distance run without a break even though he sat down and talked to the camera every 5 minutes before running again.

    • @danielsimon4542
      @danielsimon4542 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@Demonstareal

    • @caioscofield
      @caioscofield Před 5 měsíci +4

      I mean, anybody that meditates can do it easily.

    • @lazthegreat10
      @lazthegreat10 Před 2 měsíci +2

      It's not a silent room if you talk the entire time

    • @joel.ha.
      @joel.ha. Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@caioscofield If that's true, why have no meditators beaten the record? I'm super-introvert, love to meditate, and i'd love to try this and see. I don't talk to myself out loud, only in my head. I have 15 or so different games I can play by myself with no movement or noise whatsoever. Just going through those once would put me at past 45 minutes. But there must be something to the extreme silence. Idk

  • @TachyBunker
    @TachyBunker Před 3 lety +4121

    The silence in that room:
    My ear: *EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

    • @Baes_Drawp
      @Baes_Drawp Před 3 lety +129

      Yep tinnitus

    • @kupreti1381
      @kupreti1381 Před 3 lety +67

      @@Baes_Drawp yes bro no silence for us

    • @thiagocavalcante_
      @thiagocavalcante_ Před 3 lety +19

      Get a doctor bro, you're going deaf

    • @TachyBunker
      @TachyBunker Před 3 lety +32

      @@thiagocavalcante_ wait what youre getting me worried
      Nah theres no possibility

    • @thiagocavalcante_
      @thiagocavalcante_ Před 3 lety +5

      @@TachyBunker lmgtfy.app/?q=subjective+tinnitus

  • @aayzhuhh
    @aayzhuhh Před 7 lety +13001

    I would be more scared of the floor than the silence

    • @catchris99
      @catchris99 Před 7 lety +376

      Moonlight In space
      I would be as well... See through flooring over heights tick off my fear very quickly

    • @pshceluver2899
      @pshceluver2899 Před 7 lety +38

      Moonlight In space ikr , and ur profile pic💕💕

    • @matthewportman4987
      @matthewportman4987 Před 7 lety +141

      The floors foam anyway so it would be like falling into a foam pit...

    • @N0pr0fit
      @N0pr0fit Před 7 lety +157

      Matthew Portman a spike foam pit

    • @melissadavila9109
      @melissadavila9109 Před 7 lety +103

      its foam. if you fall you'd be alright

  • @mattcampbell755
    @mattcampbell755 Před rokem +128

    I’ve spent time in these chambers for work, and have to admit I’m completely flabbergasted by the feelings described of claustrophobia or fear. I always found them quite peaceful and have almost fallen asleep.

    • @RogerWyatt365
      @RogerWyatt365 Před rokem +5

      I used to work in and around an anechoic chamber for work when I was in my 20's. I always found being inside to be peaceful and calming. They did have rules for how long you could/should remain inside, but I didn't feel that was necessary (for me, at least).

    • @biq
      @biq Před rokem +1

      What kind of work did you guys do? I'd like to visit one at least once on my life tbh

    • @RogerWyatt365
      @RogerWyatt365 Před rokem +2

      @@biq I used to work for General Motors, in the Noise & Vibration Labs. The anechoic chambers (there were two when I worked there in the late 70's and early 80's) were used to test interior modules - fan motors, switches, etc - in and environment where the noises from those modules could be tested and "tuned".

    • @mattcampbell755
      @mattcampbell755 Před rokem

      @@biq Radios and wireless devices, anything that emits RF is usually tested inside these chambers at some point.

    • @mmaslakowski7762
      @mmaslakowski7762 Před 8 měsíci

      @biq nearly every university has at least one of these. Typically they are in the electrical engineering department but if the school has a specialty with vibrations and acoustics MechE might have a bigger one.

  • @chriscutress1702
    @chriscutress1702 Před 2 lety +31

    I did live sound effects (Foley) for over 25 years and often I would work in a "Dead Room" which was a modified A Chamber. Sometimes the actors would leave to listen to the playback of the scene and I would stay in the Dead Room waiting for them to come back for another take. The lights were never turned off but from experience I can state that in the silence of the room you would begin to hear your heartbeat and the blood pumping throughout your body. My ears started to hear something in the silence and slowly I began to hear the air flow within the room. I think under the correct circumstances it would have been an excellent location for deep meditation but I doubt that it would drive a normal person crazy. However some of the people I worked with ... ?

  • @eduardmendoza1028
    @eduardmendoza1028 Před 3 lety +8554

    Imagine him going out of the room and everybody in the world was missing.

    • @MrDodo-zj2vn
      @MrDodo-zj2vn Před 3 lety +352

      I imagined

    • @matasovich3446
      @matasovich3446 Před 3 lety +272

      @@MrDodo-zj2vn so did I and I didn't like it

    • @yuugen2199
      @yuugen2199 Před 3 lety +326

      It may be why people are so stressed about that room, not knowing what's happening

    • @MrDodo-zj2vn
      @MrDodo-zj2vn Před 3 lety +34

      @@matasovich3446 Neither I

    • @Mysteriousbook1
      @Mysteriousbook1 Před 3 lety +61

      omg that’s terrifying

  • @melotoole6821
    @melotoole6821 Před 9 lety +3585

    I'd be more scared about the floor

    • @ChichiFurniture
      @ChichiFurniture Před 9 lety +25

      Same

    • @ProbablyTye
      @ProbablyTye Před 9 lety +53

      It's like a foot or two of foam. I think you'd be alright if you fell. But I'm not sure how high up it is.

    • @elizabethmt3164
      @elizabethmt3164 Před 9 lety +81

      well its not necessarily foam, its just soundproofing walls. They are soft on the outside but on the inside they are hard as a rock and it would be pretty terrifying if you fell.

    • @bartleycody
      @bartleycody Před 8 lety +2

      +mmAntho wKikiNoni n mm as nm KHz

    • @VextexFux
      @VextexFux Před 8 lety

      mel o hello

  • @lena__speaking7080
    @lena__speaking7080 Před rokem +63

    I think the silence wouldn't freak me out but the dark would. I get really anxious and start panicking when it's pitch black bcs I can't orientated myself anymore. So silence yes, total darkness hell no 😬

    • @harfgarflarf
      @harfgarflarf Před rokem

      What do you do when it's night?

    • @bluespacedraws
      @bluespacedraws Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@harfgarflarf there's a huge difference between nighttime and total darkness. at night you can still see the faint light of the sky through your windows, but pitch black is a whole other level. you wouldn't be able to see your own hand in front of you, and after a while your anxiety would start taking over, making you paranoid, since our most primal fear is that of the dark. so yeah, the night's great... pitch black darkness? absolutely not

    • @harfgarflarf
      @harfgarflarf Před 10 měsíci

      @@bluespacedraws I actually have blackout curtains, so it doesn’t bother me that much. But also when it’s night… I’m asleep. Not much reason to need to see my hand in front of my face.

    • @bluespacedraws
      @bluespacedraws Před 10 měsíci

      @@harfgarflarf you're obviously not getting my point

    • @mattsvoid
      @mattsvoid Před měsícem +1

      Your mind is in chaos

  • @toyato4594
    @toyato4594 Před rokem +9

    you walking through the door at the end gave me backrooms vibes. the burst of sound hitting the camera, the buzzing lights and AC units in the background, the well-lit room

  • @verify6329
    @verify6329 Před 4 lety +8359

    Little did he know he went crazy and actually never left the room

  • @khaledsh8506
    @khaledsh8506 Před 4 lety +5224

    “The record is 45 minutes”
    Me: *laughs in deaf*

  • @SolntsevskayaBratva
    @SolntsevskayaBratva Před rokem +64

    I love it, I wish my room was like that.
    I can be in there for more than 24 hours and still keep my sanity if even have any left lmao

    • @momom200
      @momom200 Před rokem +2

      That's 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @cereBELO2
      @cereBELO2 Před rokem +3

      So do I. Well, I hate noise!!!

    • @biq
      @biq Před rokem

      Nice username

  • @dvs0n3
    @dvs0n3 Před rokem +12

    when i was doing my broadcasting engineering degree i had the privilege of going into an anechoic chamber several times with some of my class mates we all varied in how long we could stay in. But i totally heard my blood rushing through my veins. I heard sounds that weren't really there. What surprised me the most the first time though is the deadening of sound like when you talk its hard to explain its like your words get sucked away. We had a couple of people who got really visibly sick and very nauseous. And at least two of my class mates had anxiety of varying levels. If you ever get the chance to experience it though I'd say go for it. It really is a unique experience

    • @daniloalvaro2142
      @daniloalvaro2142 Před 7 měsíci

      I want to experience this for research, for normal persons do we have to pay?

  • @MJ-bc9pv
    @MJ-bc9pv Před 4 lety +48451

    ”the record is 45 minutes"
    Deaf people: *thats cute*

  • @randommuser6622
    @randommuser6622 Před 4 lety +3229

    I would fall asleep in there

  • @lioniate2917
    @lioniate2917 Před rokem +6

    I really love this guy he helped me learn so much things easier then what my teachers could have done if they tought me one subject for 4 years

  • @antusgabor
    @antusgabor Před rokem +182

    For someone who suffers for long time from noise pollution a room like this sounds like a dream coming true.
    I could finally sleep well, feeling perfectly safe.

    • @yamizakygo5869
      @yamizakygo5869 Před rokem +5

      same bro , i could kill to spend an hour in that room

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 Před rokem +1

      I lived in Japan which can be noisy depending on the area you live. The people are generally quiet but even if you live in a quiet area , you will be woken by people coming or going in the morning. If you are near a busy street, sometimes you get acclimated to the constant background traffic noise. It's overall noisier than the USA because of the population density.

    • @tylere.8436
      @tylere.8436 Před rokem +6

      Unless you have tinnitus...

    • @ZedSalvatore
      @ZedSalvatore Před rokem +1

      Yes... exactly, just let me in 😭

    • @TheSilverShadow17
      @TheSilverShadow17 Před 2 měsíci

      Having some background noise is a good thing because it helps us maintain awareness of our surroundings, especially individuals who suffer from tinnitus like myself.

  • @soulless_mermaid666
    @soulless_mermaid666 Před 3 lety +6554

    extroverts: "this room is so silent it will drive you crazy"
    introverts: "it's free real estate"

  • @user-ys9dq5gq1u
    @user-ys9dq5gq1u Před 5 lety +37351

    If there was a mosquito in there..

  • @richardmerriam7044
    @richardmerriam7044 Před rokem +9

    I had a hearing test done in an anechoic chamber that was a bit bigger than a phone booth. After about two minutes I could hear my blood flowing. It was a mind blowing experience.

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler Před rokem +1

    This was so interesting! Thanks!

  • @Charles-xp2md
    @Charles-xp2md Před 7 lety +3878

    Whenever I go into dead silence my ears actually start ringing. The ringing becomes so loud that I just do something to make the ring quieter. Its weird.

    • @mythingie12
      @mythingie12 Před 7 lety +127

      BluesonAF that's blood rushing

    • @funatic9912
      @funatic9912 Před 7 lety +273

      Happens to everyone actually!

    • @Charles-xp2md
      @Charles-xp2md Před 7 lety +37

      adrian ayllon Oh.

    • @nuip7936
      @nuip7936 Před 7 lety +227

      +BalorClub no it doesn't. It's called Tinnitus and it's caused by lots of things. Get your facts straight. Scrub.

    • @user-fu6uc6nb1u
      @user-fu6uc6nb1u Před 7 lety +6

      BluesonAF Same here.

  • @brdane
    @brdane Před 8 lety +6273

    Imagine if you're in a band and you record your album in there.... man, that sound would be crystal-clear.

    • @dannylopez9905
      @dannylopez9905 Před 8 lety +130

      It would be pretty muffled for my taste.

    • @aidan5256
      @aidan5256 Před 8 lety +40

      +Danny Lopez Muffled? It wouldn't be muffled.

    • @Stickmanzed
      @Stickmanzed Před 8 lety +349

      Implying my band can afford a decent mic.

    • @brdane
      @brdane Před 8 lety +57

      +Vithor Moraes Well, there wouldn't be any problem with noise cancellation, that's for sure.

    • @brdane
      @brdane Před 8 lety +1

      +Vithor Moraes Yeah, that too.

  • @KingTrex
    @KingTrex Před rokem +3

    The perfect demonstration of content ahead of it's time.

  • @mattboski2339
    @mattboski2339 Před rokem +2

    This is the asmr i didn't know I needed

  • @AlixiaCaesarion
    @AlixiaCaesarion Před 8 lety +3093

    this looks like an upcoming horror movie about a documentary gone wrong

    • @natxolin2441
      @natxolin2441 Před 8 lety +43

      +Alixia Caesarion My thoughs exactly, when 60 minutes pass, nobody respond and he gets out himself makes me remember 28 days after beginning...

    • @AlixiaCaesarion
      @AlixiaCaesarion Před 8 lety +26

      +Nax Ramon yes! But instead of zombies, he somehow manages to enter a parallel universe

    • @natxolin2441
      @natxolin2441 Před 8 lety +24

      Science fiction gold, right there.

    • @SunBunz
      @SunBunz Před 8 lety +3

      +Alixia Caesarion What a GREAT idea for a movie! Kind of like Cube or something!

    • @idooron198
      @idooron198 Před 8 lety +1

      +Alixia Caesarion like marble hornets, except that marble hornets is about creepy pasta

  • @clockworks5069
    @clockworks5069 Před 3 lety +2309

    Alternate title: "The room that turns everything into ASMR"

  • @barryschalkwijk9388
    @barryschalkwijk9388 Před 2 lety +1

    Love little sound overlays as he's describing what kills the silence.

  • @ryanforgo3500
    @ryanforgo3500 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Not only do i believe i can do it, but i also believe i will enjoy it 😂 i often sit in silence for long hours hearing my own heart beats at times and never feeling weird about it. I know it's not same type of "silence" though.

  • @aidennuts
    @aidennuts Před 5 lety +2708

    Actually silence is really loud

  • @infamous9296
    @infamous9296 Před 5 lety +4300

    alone? in a room? with no noise?
    sign me tf up buddy

  • @code8825
    @code8825 Před rokem +6

    The most mindblowing part of this is when he gets to the end and talks about “the fault in our stars” being a super relevant hot book, and the movie is just about to come out, and then you look at the release date and realize this video is from 2014.

    • @alexpetrov8871
      @alexpetrov8871 Před rokem

      If you watch any fresh video on this channel - you''ll see the 8 years time difference immediately just on author's face.

  • @milkgrapes6420
    @milkgrapes6420 Před rokem +2

    Honestly the most ideal studio to get the driest sound anywhere

  • @RacingMachine
    @RacingMachine Před 3 lety +3740

    Imagine he geting out of the room only to find several years have passed somehow and everyone is missing.

    • @shahnaz18
      @shahnaz18 Před 3 lety +47

      Interstellar Plot there.

    • @milkymoo988
      @milkymoo988 Před 3 lety +61

      And then zombies come out.
      Idk

    • @raidenshogun408
      @raidenshogun408 Před 3 lety +36

      thats what i thought happened when he walked out and no one was at their desk.

    • @yourstrulytk12
      @yourstrulytk12 Před 3 lety +3

      i also thought the same

    • @gtw9101
      @gtw9101 Před 3 lety +5

      But this was 6 years ago...

  • @reklawaynana4261
    @reklawaynana4261 Před 3 lety +3331

    Nobody:
    My ears in a quiet room: eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeèeeeeèeee.........

    • @Orangeorange8804
      @Orangeorange8804 Před 3 lety +109

      I think that happens to everybody, I'm sure there's a reason behind it, so you're not special, just saying. :)

    • @Xinlytical
      @Xinlytical Před 3 lety +38

      That's literally what being deaf is like

    • @hockaj4845
      @hockaj4845 Před 3 lety +169

      @@Orangeorange8804i think thats kinda the point. If everyone didnt have it, nobody would be able to relate

    • @Uranium-dx7nn
      @Uranium-dx7nn Před 3 lety +29

      It happens to me too... Idk if the eardrum is vibrating on it's own when it has no sound waves to make it vibrate..

    • @hatersgottahatewejustgotta198
      @hatersgottahatewejustgotta198 Před 3 lety +26

      Man... I've been hearing this and i'm scared if i have ear priblem or something... I'm hella scared.

  • @the_guy_who_uses_to_much_u4380

    Whenever he says, “that was a burp. I don’t know if you could hear it.” While saying it when the microphone literally Can hear his heart.

  • @Get_me_money
    @Get_me_money Před rokem

    Thanks for keeping it real. I have seen other videos of people sitting in this room and boy are they dramatic.

  • @ZeroAnomalies
    @ZeroAnomalies Před 3 lety +3392

    Deaf people: “Put me in there and let me get some free money”

    • @ranchu8385
      @ranchu8385 Před 3 lety +14

      lol

    • @LAM_G80085
      @LAM_G80085 Před 3 lety +209

      @@pawanj8169 dude you shouldn't call them hearing impaired as it is very rude you should call them people with a boo boo in the ears

    • @officialAXVin
      @officialAXVin Před 3 lety +316

      @@LAM_G80085 you shouldn't call them "people with boo boo in their ear" it is very rude. You should call them whatever you like. It's not like they will hear it or anything 🙏

    • @spectre9688
      @spectre9688 Před 3 lety +3

      Didn't know Gohan is the Omni king

    • @soap2403
      @soap2403 Před 3 lety +25

      @@pawanj8169 lmao but thats what its called so no i will not listen to u internet person

  • @rurushu8094
    @rurushu8094 Před 7 lety +1927

    The silence probably wouldn't drive me crazy. It's the darkness that would.

    • @cryptoconception1440
      @cryptoconception1440 Před 7 lety +5

      Chin Chin The Dark Lord the dark helps me I could sit in a pitch black room for hours just give me a bed and I'm set

    • @MixxC
      @MixxC Před 7 lety +14

      ey b0ss would u liek a sacrifice.

    • @the2pumkinheads106
      @the2pumkinheads106 Před 7 lety

      same

    • @CoolBlueGaming
      @CoolBlueGaming Před 7 lety +9

      not being able to see what's around you is what makes me have to sleep with a night light at night lmao

    • @gagagaming4859
      @gagagaming4859 Před 7 lety +17

      Chin Chin The Dark Lord its ironic that your name is the dark lord lol 😂 😂

  • @user-zq6zt5nx5r
    @user-zq6zt5nx5r Před 5 měsíci +1

    As a meditator, I would LOVE to spend some time in a space this quiet. I can't even imagine the amazing things I would begin to hear within space and within my body. I bet my thoughts would be so loud in comparison to the sounds of the room. I'm sure wonderful things would come to mind with such a quiet space and nothing to distract me :)

  • @Netbase2000
    @Netbase2000 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I want such a room as a sleeping chamber. This is great

  • @mrosh3726
    @mrosh3726 Před 4 lety +1195

    "Have fun in silence" that sounds like what a villian would say

  • @ianthebubbian6182
    @ianthebubbian6182 Před 7 lety +2317

    Imagine someone was somehow hiding there, and at the 30 minute mark they jump out and scream in your ear.

    • @jasperb14
      @jasperb14 Před 7 lety +152

      Ian the Bubbian I would die

    • @juanvazquez5836
      @juanvazquez5836 Před 7 lety +113

      Piethewolf
      In a situation like that everyone would die lol

    • @SnipeyGaming
      @SnipeyGaming Před 7 lety +17

      Ian the Bubbian You probably wouldn't hear it

    • @hubertcumberdale8329
      @hubertcumberdale8329 Před 7 lety +15

      Snipey-Snipes-28 Gaming! you would hear the scream it just wouldn't be as loud

    • @beforeisaythisimugly.7757
      @beforeisaythisimugly.7757 Před 7 lety +21

      Ian the Bubbian I'd just cry and die of a heart attack

  • @fritsgerms3565
    @fritsgerms3565 Před rokem +1

    A good deprivation chamber is an interesting experience. The body is so noisy that it’s far from quiet. A few times I felt like I was tumbling but it was very short. It’s great for mediation - quiet the mind and extremely relaxing. If I had 100k to spare I would certainly get one. Very deep caves are also very quiet, with short moments of rumbling (think it’s the moon attraction that pull the surface) but one has to stay long to hear them.

  • @KakuraZenom
    @KakuraZenom Před rokem

    Im glad I saw this video ! I never understood why would silence drives anyone crazy. I feel I would be just the same as you, confy in silence

  • @mystiical2434
    @mystiical2434 Před 5 lety +2822

    Now we will be entering the ASMR room

  • @thisisthezodiacspeaking
    @thisisthezodiacspeaking Před 4 lety +3035

    I think the darkness would scare me more than the silence

    • @doomsday3130
      @doomsday3130 Před 4 lety +39

      True lol

    • @kaitlynr4939
      @kaitlynr4939 Před 4 lety +9

      Mmhmmm

    • @BrenoReis_dk
      @BrenoReis_dk Před 4 lety +130

      I experienced total darkness once when I was in a house in the middle of nowhere and we got out of power during a really bad storm at night. Not a single dim light coming through the window, nothing in front of me. I had to crawl on the floor through the room to find my flashlight on my backpack. It was the worst experience of my life and even remembering it makes me uncomfortable.

    • @jem12417
      @jem12417 Před 4 lety +9

      strongly agree

    • @house_plant0677
      @house_plant0677 Před 4 lety +2

      Me toooooo

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n Před 11 měsíci

    We have one of these at work and the sense of isolation and loneliness starts when you realize what you can't hear; traffic, wind, any voices, all the background noises you don't hear when you can hear them but do hear them when you can't. In your memory.

  • @muznick
    @muznick Před rokem

    I was in one of those at the former Philadelphia Navy Yard. It was huge inside and when you shut the door, it really freaks you out.

  • @Jk8Z
    @Jk8Z Před 9 lety +3297

    I've heard the blood flowing through my ears just laid in my bed at night a few times.

    • @redtails
      @redtails Před 9 lety +146

      Jk8Z that sounds like a very quiet sleeping place you have

    • @Jk8Z
      @Jk8Z Před 9 lety +117

      I live on the outskirts of a small town, double-glazed windows shut, 2 am. Just laying and not doing anything for a while. Didn't have any electronics on standby so minimal background noise.

    • @redtails
      @redtails Před 9 lety +5

      Jk8Z Sounds like a pretty cool place to live! I live in outskirts as well, though past a busy road, and the sound of cars is impossible to ignore. Very few cars where you are?

    • @Jk8Z
      @Jk8Z Před 9 lety +16

      At 2am? Very few indeed!

    • @redtails
      @redtails Před 9 lety +3

      Jk8Z at 2am people are still driving their cars here, no joke. Also general background rumble-sound from the city and buzzing street lights.

  • @vishnu2183
    @vishnu2183 Před 3 lety +1996

    Imagine after that 1 hour, when he called them, they didn't respond and the door was locked from the outside

  • @tonyd6514
    @tonyd6514 Před 2 lety +1

    Be great to have some information on the exact material and angles/lengths/arrangements of wedges, and room proportions, to best deaden the sound. I'd guess at that extreme it would prevent a stereo speaker setup recreating a sense of ambience corresponding to most recording environments, as any indirect sound would be dramatically attenuated. But, would that make stereo imagine seem incredible precise, or remove some of the audible clues about the position of sounds in space?

  • @CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS
    @CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS Před 9 měsíci +1

    totally believe it. even noise cancelling headphones start making me anxious after a while if I don't have something playing on them.

  • @MuzikBike
    @MuzikBike Před 7 lety +2489

    Now paint the wedges with vantablack.

    • @gothziggy
      @gothziggy Před 7 lety +56

      Muzik Bike yessssssss xD

    • @MrJattsongs
      @MrJattsongs Před 7 lety +135

      Insane in 0.4 seconds lol

    • @iwindandraini8340
      @iwindandraini8340 Před 7 lety +89

      Muzik Bike Calm down satan

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike Před 7 lety +69

      If my kids ever misbehaved I would lock them in such a room for maybe 24 hours.

    • @keris7643
      @keris7643 Před 7 lety +101

      Muzik Bike
      And paint small dots on the vantablack and experience space without leaving earth

  • @remixer1234
    @remixer1234 Před 5 lety +2099

    Imagine if there is a fly in there

    • @lavenderpsycho
      @lavenderpsycho Před 5 lety +44

      The one time ever id actually be happy to hear a fly

    • @ZS.Bonsai
      @ZS.Bonsai Před 5 lety +40

      I ll burn the place down. Damn flies are annoying. They always wait till you fall asleep or start to doze off.

    • @sweetlookintoast8769
      @sweetlookintoast8769 Před 5 lety +17

      what if it was a mosquito

    • @sweetlookintoast8769
      @sweetlookintoast8769 Před 5 lety +2

      i don't think mosquitoes make that sound

    • @nobodys_winds6580
      @nobodys_winds6580 Před 5 lety +5

      what if it was Barry B. Benson

  • @LisaLisa001
    @LisaLisa001 Před 8 měsíci

    Yes please. I would LOVE that room!

  • @jefferywise1906
    @jefferywise1906 Před 2 lety

    Balistocardiogram lay on a free floating table and it will move with your heart beat. Thanks Mr Newton.
    Being alone with ones own thoughts seems like a blessing.
    Now if you’re dependent upon constant stimulation and in that situation I could see people screaming “let me out”.

  • @londynhunter2469
    @londynhunter2469 Před 3 lety +1642

    The loudest thing in the world is when you drop something in the middle of the night and your mom is sleeping.

  • @I_read_Berserk_and_Physics
    @I_read_Berserk_and_Physics Před 3 lety +2301

    A pillow and a matteress is all I need to break this record.

    • @BanyAdam.
      @BanyAdam. Před 3 lety +69

      You sure you dont need wifi, laptop, mobile, all that stuff?

    • @I_read_Berserk_and_Physics
      @I_read_Berserk_and_Physics Před 3 lety +225

      @@BanyAdam. I will sleep there for 8 hours and break the record 😂

    • @tashawilliams8093
      @tashawilliams8093 Před 2 lety +31

      Exactly.

    • @KJPlayer
      @KJPlayer Před 2 lety +35

      i can sleep on a floor.

    • @tankycraftplays5999
      @tankycraftplays5999 Před 2 lety +64

      For the record ur not allowed to either use any gadgets nor are allowed to sleep or faint

  • @paulh2981
    @paulh2981 Před rokem +1

    I'd love to make a restaurant or restaurant & bar that has at least a ceiling or ceiling and partial walls like this. I have a terrible time trying to understand people talking when there are a lot of other voices, and I think this would help cut down the bedlam in a place like that. I wouldn't want it to be too quiet, just quiet enough you don't have to practically shout to be heard.

  • @apassionforlace
    @apassionforlace Před rokem

    I've experienced silence on Unst, Shetland. It was quite strange, but nice. It finally calmed me down, having my add brain be silent too

  • @charaxyz
    @charaxyz Před 7 lety +2238

    I thought I could do it until he said "with the lights off"

  • @Kaelan514
    @Kaelan514 Před 8 lety +691

    Teacher: Why do I hear talking?
    Student: Cause you have ears..?

  • @emperormoist3851
    @emperormoist3851 Před rokem

    I am confident I could spend a whole day or more in that room just because my life is usually spend alone at home and most of my social interactions are online, and I there really never is much noise in my house, it’s quiet almost 24/7 here, this is child’s play for me

  • @dannyschamber7851
    @dannyschamber7851 Před rokem +4

    I always wondered what it was like in there

  • @presto0194
    @presto0194 Před 5 lety +2898

    So this is the world’s best recording studio

    • @lold143
      @lold143 Před 5 lety +109

      nah shitty acoustics

    • @oppai1568
      @oppai1568 Před 5 lety +32

      Gaming room

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 Před 5 lety +30

      Only for certain styles like Steely Dan. No reflections means no "personality".

    • @shawnblackburn3787
      @shawnblackburn3787 Před 5 lety +27

      U can add reverb when u mix so this is more than a great room to record in

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 Před 5 lety +24

      @@shawnblackburn3787 wrong. The acoustics of the room affect the performers/performance. No one likes playing in a soundsucker. Also, these kinds of wedges eat up hundreds of square feet of valuable floorspace.

  • @emilyspearman4519
    @emilyspearman4519 Před 5 lety +2081

    45 minutes? damn son give me a blanket and pillow, ill beat it.

    • @dylanlee1880
      @dylanlee1880 Před 4 lety +253

      Emily Spearman the record isn’t the only thing I’ll beat in there

    • @genxd7826
      @genxd7826 Před 4 lety +123

      Give me my phone, I’ll pass for 8 hours.

    • @onezappyboi3977
      @onezappyboi3977 Před 4 lety +13

      Dylan Lee Lmao I get it

    • @okiplay4667
      @okiplay4667 Před 4 lety +7

      @@dylanlee1880 haha

    • @yuhinnn
      @yuhinnn Před 4 lety +4

      Dylan Lee lol

  • @alexindi
    @alexindi Před 9 měsíci

    this is so cool!! I think I'd be able to do it for a long time too

    • @alexindi
      @alexindi Před 9 měsíci

      I think this is kinda like a sensory deprivation chamber?

  • @izices
    @izices Před rokem

    My heart rocks me back and forth if I sit still, so I'm not surprised you started to notice yours eh.

  • @trintrin185
    @trintrin185 Před 7 lety +3009

    But imagine being high

  • @fardinzmunna
    @fardinzmunna Před rokem +2

    8:26
    Guy : You alive?
    Muller after getting out from a silence chamber after an hour : I am.

  • @bobbiewillis111
    @bobbiewillis111 Před rokem

    The quietest room I need this kind of therapy so quiet you can hear your own Heart Beating ☮️

  • @Fuzzyemu
    @Fuzzyemu Před 3 lety +1389

    "The record is 45 minutes "
    Introverts: hold my beer

    • @johndawson6057
      @johndawson6057 Před 3 lety +32

      My thoughts exactly..

    • @emxz
      @emxz Před 3 lety +33

      It’s odd to only be 45 minutes, but I’m saying I haven’t experienced it before, so I don’t know if it can actually make you that bad, in resulting sanity loss, if these people that have tried this aren’t extroverts, I don’t know what to say.

    • @meghanar
      @meghanar Před 3 lety +9

      @@emxz yeah like I haven't tried it but, highest record being 45 mins...I'm like whut

    • @gavinkenney6685
      @gavinkenney6685 Před 3 lety +29

      If ur deaf it would be easy

    • @Vantas_Black
      @Vantas_Black Před 3 lety +9

      Ive been quiet over a Day. And I dont really talk that much to be honest--soooo I wanna tryyyy

  • @ancientbasilisk
    @ancientbasilisk Před 3 lety +982

    plot twist: he didn't go crazy because he's already insane

  • @EileenPCarryEPC
    @EileenPCarryEPC Před rokem

    This is very enlightening. 🙇🏻‍♀️💭

  • @lizziemeaow
    @lizziemeaow Před rokem

    this video is the best asmr on the market

  • @Pastelicious404
    @Pastelicious404 Před 9 lety +816

    You can be addicted to a certain kind of silence...

  • @franzolivar3597
    @franzolivar3597 Před 6 lety +9951

    Would Librarians go crazy tho

  • @doriamalonso171
    @doriamalonso171 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I will have a transcendental experience in this room. I adore silence. I will actually sit and meditate and enjoy this unique opportunity to go deep inside.

  • @jameshorn7471
    @jameshorn7471 Před rokem

    The best music studio ever built and the coolest sounds of your own body I want to listen to the crystal method at the loudest sound leavel as possible

  • @M0oniversity
    @M0oniversity Před 3 lety +776

    Nobody:
    The mosquito in my room at 3 am: 0:10

  • @threeletteragent
    @threeletteragent Před 7 lety +786

    From what I hear, that room would be a killer ASMR studio.

  • @iamarizonaball2642
    @iamarizonaball2642 Před rokem +2

    Someone should make one of these anechoic chambers but covering it in musou black paint, aka, the darkest paint ever.

  • @JustinMcVicar
    @JustinMcVicar Před rokem

    Sounds like what I feel when in deep meditation. I can hear and feel my heartbeat and I can hear the blood flowing if I really concentrate. Maybe because I can drown out the world so well, but my hearing is super sensitive as well.

  • @Im15cheese
    @Im15cheese Před 4 lety +2096

    Imagine meditating in that room. You’d be able to feel every single part of yourself

  • @iamlegend2300
    @iamlegend2300 Před 7 lety +1952

    Gamers tell them how long you can stay in that room with your computers and a good internet connection

    • @ellehere7342
      @ellehere7342 Před 7 lety +59

      I am legend bahahaha I could stay days with water food and a laptop and internet in a silent room by myself

    • @ExcuseMe881
      @ExcuseMe881 Před 7 lety +41

      I am legend
      It would completely change the experiment. Computers make sound and have light. So, no.

    • @ellehere7342
      @ellehere7342 Před 7 lety +14

      Oscar Lin jeez its just a joke

    • @jamo3479
      @jamo3479 Před 7 lety +12

      I am legend about 7 weeks

    • @GodsPrettiestPrincess
      @GodsPrettiestPrincess Před 7 lety +3

      Eternity

  • @arafatshahid
    @arafatshahid Před rokem

    My heart started to sync up with your heartbeat

  • @godnyx117
    @godnyx117 Před rokem

    The timestamp he's in the room, one of the best ASMR videos I've ever seen, lol!

  • @Octave03
    @Octave03 Před 7 lety +1401

    They should have used this room for Vsauce's Isolation.

    • @manuelescoto100
      @manuelescoto100 Před 7 lety +43

      I believe he was envited here to do just that but he dropped off the idea after finding out that it's kindda torture to stay longer than one hour in isolation and no sound feedback

    • @kakashi-ks6vm
      @kakashi-ks6vm Před 7 lety +49

      misauce, vchael here.

    • @devil__002
      @devil__002 Před 7 lety +37

      He woulda died

    • @tassyatiffany
      @tassyatiffany Před 7 lety +10

      Octave that probably wouldve resulted in michael going insane

  • @Plug_Art
    @Plug_Art Před 3 lety +14283

    Imagine making music or listening to music in this room

    • @kaistutz7067
      @kaistutz7067 Před 3 lety +1349

      Maybe like a perfect studio for recording?

    • @ezrasan577
      @ezrasan577 Před 3 lety +674

      That'll be so relaxing, that's a paradise if that happen

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 Před 3 lety +453

      I watched a documentary about the sound and there was a guy playing the same music, first under the bridge that makes the great echoes, and then in the quiet room. The same thing sounded differently. I think that some music would sound better if recorded here, and some if recorded in the echo chamber.
      The documentary was amazing. I will now search for its name.

    • @amoldivo
      @amoldivo Před 3 lety +188

      So actually the loudest room right? Hahaha... I mean, all the little noises become so loud and you can hear unhearable noises...

    • @johne5303
      @johne5303 Před 3 lety +24

      Why are you here XD

  • @LegoEddy
    @LegoEddy Před rokem +1

    You can have this at home with an earprotector or very good closed headphones. If you also want to have the "amplification of bodily sounds" effect, get a condensator microphone from your friend working at a recording studio, and loop the microphone back to your headphones.
    It's quite funny, if you ever get the chance.

  • @jackkemp7256
    @jackkemp7256 Před rokem

    It would be cool if there was a lot of people in there talking all at once. Would it give the since of space because of the variety of distances from which the voices are coming, or would they all sound really close, or would all voices just sound like an echo in itself undoing the effects of the room?

  • @northup1
    @northup1 Před 5 lety +823

    I think I’d get more nervous about the dark than the silence

  • @AryanKumar-jo1pz
    @AryanKumar-jo1pz Před 4 lety +1174

    Imagine if someone screamed in between. You would die of a heart attack

    • @Why-oe6lk
      @Why-oe6lk Před 4 lety +60

      Just by imagining that anxiety chocked me

    • @itzslayr1435
      @itzslayr1435 Před 4 lety +2

      Me I’ve been silence my whole life...

    • @hb_clee8206
      @hb_clee8206 Před 4 lety

      ツSlayer1ツ u kidnapped???

    • @itzslayr1435
      @itzslayr1435 Před 4 lety

      AyyLEE nah I’m just a quiet guy

    • @Emily-le4uo
      @Emily-le4uo Před 4 lety +1

      What do u mean inbetween ?

  • @NoodleFloat
    @NoodleFloat Před rokem

    I heard my heart beating just watching that video!!

  • @seeess925
    @seeess925 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Glad this verified what I thought. That it should not be a problem to be in sensory deprivation.

  • @SuperQB7_
    @SuperQB7_ Před 3 lety +1985

    Plot twist, he’s already crazy, which is why nothing changed

    • @vaderpaper2111
      @vaderpaper2111 Před 3 lety +32

      I believe it

    • @qkzq
      @qkzq Před 3 lety +5

      @@vaderpaper2111 same

    • @kaufmanat1
      @kaufmanat1 Před 2 lety +11

      He'd survive seeing the monsters in birdbox

    • @bayuandikusuma7902
      @bayuandikusuma7902 Před 2 lety +4

      Imo, the room is little broken

    • @ifonlyhappinesscouldlast4882
      @ifonlyhappinesscouldlast4882 Před 2 lety +2

      I'm still in my bed since 2020 and now 2021
      I feel good but i have something wrong , when i meet someone i feel uncomfortable and not fine until i'm alone , this is side effect of stay at home and homework . Thanks to covid-19 . 😫