Can Silence Actually Drive You Crazy?

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  • 게시일 2014. 02. 17.
  • *Watch with headphones on!
    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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  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  10 년 전 +3863

    Two things I should say for the record:
    1. Anechoic comes from Greek via Latin to English
    2. I did not talk to myself for most of the time, but I cut the silent bits because they're boring. If you're that way inclined you can watch the whole hour here: krplus.net/bidio/mtZph314dXCoh2E

    • @JoePhilipps
      @JoePhilipps 10 년 전 +129

      In the next episode of "Derek Unplugged,"....
      :-)

    • @Hookooo
      @Hookooo 10 년 전 +71

      Would have been nice if you mention research on isolation/flotation tanks or the history of these tanks:)

    • @sirgreggorygroda
      @sirgreggorygroda 10 년 전 +627

      Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that audible.com sponsored this episode?

    • @beastie244
      @beastie244 10 년 전 +326

      i think having the camera in there might have altered how you felt in the room, I feel like if you were in there alone for there full hour, without talking at all, in this instance to a camera, you would have a different experience

    • @luji11
      @luji11 10 년 전 +21

      After the video ended and I still had my in-earphones plugged in, I started hearing the wind blowing and every movement I made from neck up. Makes me think a little more about these things. Thanks for the great video :)

  • @The8BitGuy
    @The8BitGuy 8 년 전 +9265

    I have tinnitus. So if I were in the room, the high frequency squealing noise in my right ear would have driven me crazy. I actually prefer to have a little noise.

    • @unullness
      @unullness 8 년 전 +112

      Awesome, I found the 8-bit\iBook guy on a video

    • @MultiJman01
      @MultiJman01 8 년 전 +195

      Yeah, me too, I thought is was a normal thing cause most of my friends and family had it too, but seeing that Derek doesn't mention it or anyone in the comments does either, I suppose not...

    • @sirflimflam
      @sirflimflam 8 년 전 +199

      +The 8-Bit Guy Same. That ringing sound drives me insane in even just a normal quiet room, such that I either need a fan to be blowing in the room, the computer/TV on, or just some light music playing. Silence would probably cause me to kill myself.

    • @dangeredwolf
      @dangeredwolf 8 년 전 +11

      +The 8-Bit Guy Me too, about the little noise thing.

    • @astronaut3696
      @astronaut3696 8 년 전 +60

      +John Möller omg i thought everyone had it

  • @anastasiakorkova9175
    @anastasiakorkova9175 년 전 +3419

    I was born completely deaf, and always thought "silence" is what I experience. My brain doesn't have the ability to receive sound, so sound is a non tangible to me, something I can never understand or imagine. It just hit me that "silence" is a non tangible for me too. Silence only exists to people who can hear sound, because thats the only way you could recognise it, that silent room and standing right under a jet engine would be the same for me, this is why I could never learn how to speak vocally, even though I know several mouth shapes from my mom and sisters signing to me an speaking at the same time.
    Im also confused, so hearing people ALWAYS hear sound? even with no wind or people around? Being the only deaf person in my family, I was always surprised to learn how many things make noise, and wake people up, It never occurred to me that closing doors makes a sound or picking up a plastic bag makes a sound, but fabrics and my hand open and closing does NOT make a sound. crazy world hearing people live in

    • @alexanderackerman3807
      @alexanderackerman3807 년 전 +439

      Everything that moves in air including your fingers makes a sound it's just that sometimes, especially for small movements it's just so slight that most people can't hear it. I guess you could consider a soundproof room sort of like light. When you go to bed at night your room is very dark but there's still some semblance of light there. The equivalent example of a soundproof room would be a room that's in complete darkness. So yeah we always hear something sort of like you always see something, it's just that it might be incredibly slight.

    • @mrroque8321
      @mrroque8321 년 전 +245

      Your comment is fascinating to me but yes rubbing a fabric can make a sound, opening and closing your hand can too it just depends how aggressive and close to an ear it is. Anything that moves can make a sound it’s just really that a lot of things can move slow or without rubbing against anything to where most people won’t hear it unless they put their ear right next to your hand opening and closing for example because that’s such a low frequency.

    • @anastasiakorkova9175
      @anastasiakorkova9175 년 전 +233

      @@alexanderackerman3807 THANKS! that is super helpful, I have always wondered things like, what would hearing be like, and how would the world be like with 5 senses instead of 4. It blows my mind that there is a whole world that most people experience all the time and is invisible to me, kinda fascinating! Thinking of it in terms of light makes sense, because technically seeing dark or black is not the same as seeing nothing, when you close your eyes, your optic nerves are still active. I know some deaf people have hearing aids that allow them to pick up sound, and do understand to some degree what sound is, but I actually don't have auditory nerves so I will never really know what sound is, but its very interesting to learn about .

    • @v1rotate3
      @v1rotate3 년 전 +132

      That is totally fascinating, if you dont mind me asking, if you have never heard sound, how do you think, like inside your head? You wouldn't like "hear a voice" in your head, because you wouldnt know what a voice sounded like. Do you like see like written words when you think or sign language (i guess i'm assuming you sign) I couldn't imagine being deaf like you. also you have a really pretty name, where are you from?

    • @anastasiakorkova9175
      @anastasiakorkova9175 년 전 +239

      @@v1rotate3 I am from the united states, my parents are both from Russia though. you are correct sign language is my only language, I cant use my voice, and lip reading is not very accurate for people born totally deaf ( i am often told I make unintentional vocal sounds while signing though) To answer your question about "how do I think in my head" I honestly dont know, i dont have an answer, im sorry. II dont hear a voice in my head because as you said, I dont know what a voice sounds like, I also dont see written words so yea, I dont know how to answer that. thank you for the compliment about my name, very sweet of you.

  • @sewminadilshan7223
    @sewminadilshan7223 년 전 +942

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

    • @ragon747
      @ragon747 년 전 +17

      Exactly

    • @thecaketubby5764
      @thecaketubby5764 년 전 +17

      I'm an introvert and I would honestly be unnerved

    • @thegrayyernaut
      @thegrayyernaut 년 전 +26

      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 년 전 +9

      Silence is power.

    • @Phyrre56
      @Phyrre56 년 전 +24

      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.

  • @melotoole6821
    @melotoole6821 8 년 전 +3476

    I'd be more scared about the floor

    • @ChichiFurniture
      @ChichiFurniture 8 년 전 +23

      Same

    • @ProbablyTye
      @ProbablyTye 8 년 전 +50

      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 8 년 전 +79

      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 8 년 전 +2

      +mmAntho wKikiNoni n mm as nm KHz

    • @VextexFux
      @VextexFux 8 년 전

      mel o hello

  • @AlixiaCaesarion
    @AlixiaCaesarion 8 년 전 +3043

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

    • @natxolin2441
      @natxolin2441 8 년 전 +41

      +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 8 년 전 +25

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

    • @natxolin2441
      @natxolin2441 8 년 전 +23

      Science fiction gold, right there.

    • @SunBunz
      @SunBunz 8 년 전 +3

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

    • @idooron198
      @idooron198 8 년 전 +1

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

  • @vinalkumar7041
    @vinalkumar7041 년 전 +192

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

    • @Demonsta
      @Demonsta 6 개월 전 +8

      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 6 개월 전 +1

      @@Demonstareal

    • @caioscofield
      @caioscofield 3 개월 전 +1

      I mean, anybody that meditates can do it easily.

    • @lazthegreat10
      @lazthegreat10 3 일 전

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

  • @mattcampbell755
    @mattcampbell755 년 전 +93

    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 9 개월 전 +4

      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 9 개월 전 +1

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

    • @RogerWyatt365
      @RogerWyatt365 9 개월 전 +1

      @@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 9 개월 전

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

    • @mmaslakowski7762
      @mmaslakowski7762 5 개월 전

      @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.

  • @lylechatt1417
    @lylechatt1417 4 년 전 +7085

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

  • @aayzhuhh
    @aayzhuhh 6 년 전 +12991

    I would be more scared of the floor than the silence

    • @catchris99
      @catchris99 6 년 전 +376

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

    • @pshceluver2899
      @pshceluver2899 6 년 전 +38

      Moonlight In space ikr , and ur profile pic💕💕

    • @matthewportman4987
      @matthewportman4987 6 년 전 +142

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

    • @N0pr0fit
      @N0pr0fit 6 년 전 +156

      Matthew Portman a spike foam pit

    • @melissadavila9109
      @melissadavila9109 6 년 전 +103

      its foam. if you fall you'd be alright

  • @chriscutress1702
    @chriscutress1702 년 전 +22

    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 ... ?

  • @lena__speaking7080
    @lena__speaking7080 년 전 +50

    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 9 개월 전

      What do you do when it's night?

    • @_bluespacee_
      @_bluespacee_ 7 개월 전 +1

      @@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 7 개월 전

      @@_bluespacee_ 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.

    • @_bluespacee_
      @_bluespacee_ 7 개월 전

      @@harfgarflarf you're obviously not getting my point

  • @TachyBunker
    @TachyBunker 3 년 전 +4066

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

    • @Baes_Drawp
      @Baes_Drawp 3 년 전 +127

      Yep tinnitus

    • @kupreti1381
      @kupreti1381 3 년 전 +67

      @@Baes_Drawp yes bro no silence for us

    • @thiagocavalcante_
      @thiagocavalcante_ 3 년 전 +18

      Get a doctor bro, you're going deaf

    • @TachyBunker
      @TachyBunker 3 년 전 +31

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

    • @thiagocavalcante_
      @thiagocavalcante_ 3 년 전 +5

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

  • @Charles-xp2md
    @Charles-xp2md 7 년 전 +3807

    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 7 년 전 +125

      BluesonAF that's blood rushing

    • @funatic9912
      @funatic9912 7 년 전 +271

      Happens to everyone actually!

    • @Charles-xp2md
      @Charles-xp2md 7 년 전 +37

      adrian ayllon Oh.

    • @nuip7936
      @nuip7936 7 년 전 +223

      +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 7 년 전 +6

      BluesonAF Same here.

  • @SolntsevskayaBratva

    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 년 전 +2

      That's 👍👍👍👍👍

    • @cereBELO2
      @cereBELO2 년 전 +3

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

    • @biq
      @biq 9 개월 전

      Nice username

  • @dvs0n3
    @dvs0n3 년 전 +10

    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 4 개월 전

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

  • @brdane
    @brdane 8 년 전 +6193

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

    • @dannylopez9905
      @dannylopez9905 8 년 전 +125

      It would be pretty muffled for my taste.

    • @aidan5256
      @aidan5256 8 년 전 +39

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

    • @Stickmanzed
      @Stickmanzed 8 년 전 +347

      Implying my band can afford a decent mic.

    • @brdane
      @brdane 8 년 전 +57

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

    • @brdane
      @brdane 8 년 전 +1

      +Vithor Moraes Yeah, that too.

  • @user-ys9dq5gq1u
    @user-ys9dq5gq1u 5 년 전 +37253

    If there was a mosquito in there..

  • @wakinguphumanuty
    @wakinguphumanuty 년 전 +12

    I've felt that heart feeling you describe since I was a kid, no one knew what I was talking about. I have hypersensitive senses, so the quiet is a great place for me to "recharge" and I love meditating. ❤️ another great video thank you

    • @nkopanelesedilebona9227
      @nkopanelesedilebona9227 년 전

      Lol same. I was just thinking about the potential of this as someone who enjoys meditation, as well as someone who actually needs quiet darkness for at least an hour a day in order to recharge properly and just let my my thoughts run as they may. I think the idea of this place is scary for people who need stimulation or have intrusive thoughts, but people who meditate more, prefer quiet solitude and don't have mental health issues that conflict with places like this, they'd find it really freeing.
      I especially feel like the less stimulation there is, the more freedom and vividness my imagination has.
      The other upside is that not only do I satisfy my internal world, but going out into the real world feels fresh again.

    • @CureSmileful
      @CureSmileful 11 개월 전 +1

      I have hypersensitivity too and feel my heart pretty frequently, but I do not enjoy it thanks to anxiety

  • @toyato4594
    @toyato4594 년 전 +5

    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

  • @randommuser6622
    @randommuser6622 4 년 전 +3232

    I would fall asleep in there

  • @ZeroAnomalies
    @ZeroAnomalies 3 년 전 +3370

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

    • @ranchu8385
      @ranchu8385 3 년 전 +14

      lol

    • @_lookatme_
      @_lookatme_ 3 년 전 +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 3 년 전 +315

      @@_lookatme_ 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 3 년 전 +3

      Didn't know Gohan is the Omni king

    • @soap2403
      @soap2403 3 년 전 +25

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

  • @lioniate2917
    @lioniate2917 년 전 +5

    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

  • @richardmerriam7044

    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.

  • @rurushu8094
    @rurushu8094 7 년 전 +1908

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

    • @cryptoconception1440
      @cryptoconception1440 7 년 전 +4

      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 7 년 전 +13

      ey b0ss would u liek a sacrifice.

    • @the2pumkinheads106
      @the2pumkinheads106 7 년 전

      same

    • @CoolBlueGaming
      @CoolBlueGaming 7 년 전 +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 7 년 전 +16

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

  • @eduardmendoza8695
    @eduardmendoza8695 3 년 전 +8495

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

  • @code8825
    @code8825 년 전 +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 년 전

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

  • @KingTrex
    @KingTrex 10 개월 전 +3

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

  • @Jk8Z
    @Jk8Z 9 년 전 +3283

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

    • @redtails
      @redtails 9 년 전 +146

      Jk8Z that sounds like a very quiet sleeping place you have

    • @Jk8Z
      @Jk8Z 9 년 전 +116

      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 9 년 전 +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 9 년 전 +16

      At 2am? Very few indeed!

    • @redtails
      @redtails 9 년 전 +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.

  • @khaledsh8506
    @khaledsh8506 4 년 전 +5212

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

  • @ryanforgo3500
    @ryanforgo3500 8 개월 전 +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.

  • @milkgrapes6420
    @milkgrapes6420 년 전 +2

    Honestly the most ideal studio to get the driest sound anywhere

  • @jackhesed
    @jackhesed 4 년 전 +34828

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

    • @olived8620
      @olived8620 4 년 전 +481

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

    • @jakubjakistam9137
      @jakubjakistam9137 4 년 전 +89

      That never happens

    • @tree7824
      @tree7824 4 년 전 +111

      i agree

    • @futihatu
      @futihatu 4 년 전 +34

      😂😂😂

    • @esk0079
      @esk0079 4 년 전 +55

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

  • @MJ-bc9pv
    @MJ-bc9pv 3 년 전 +48425

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

  • @mattboski2339
    @mattboski2339 년 전 +2

    This is the asmr i didn't know I needed

  • @Netbase2000
    @Netbase2000 6 개월 전 +3

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

  • @verify6329
    @verify6329 3 년 전 +8315

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

  • @aidennuts
    @aidennuts 5 년 전 +2705

    Actually silence is really loud

  • @barryschalkwijk9388

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

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 8 개월 전

    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.

  • @threeletteragent
    @threeletteragent 7 년 전 +784

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

  • @MuzikBike
    @MuzikBike 7 년 전 +2490

    Now paint the wedges with vantablack.

    • @gothziggy
      @gothziggy 7 년 전 +56

      Muzik Bike yessssssss xD

    • @MrJattsongs
      @MrJattsongs 6 년 전 +135

      Insane in 0.4 seconds lol

    • @iwindandraini8340
      @iwindandraini8340 6 년 전 +89

      Muzik Bike Calm down satan

    • @MuzikBike
      @MuzikBike 6 년 전 +69

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

    • @keris7643
      @keris7643 6 년 전 +101

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

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler 년 전 +1

    This was so interesting! Thanks!

  • @CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS
    @CHIIIEEEEEEEEFFFFSSS 7 개월 전 +1

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

  • @reklawaynana4261
    @reklawaynana4261 3 년 전 +3331

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

    • @Orangeorange8804
      @Orangeorange8804 3 년 전 +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 3 년 전 +38

      That's literally what being deaf is like

    • @hockaj4845
      @hockaj4845 3 년 전 +169

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

    • @Uranium-dx7nn
      @Uranium-dx7nn 3 년 전 +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 3 년 전 +26

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

  • @RacingMachine
    @RacingMachine 3 년 전 +3711

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

    • @shahnazwm
      @shahnazwm 3 년 전 +47

      Interstellar Plot there.

    • @milkymoo988
      @milkymoo988 3 년 전 +59

      And then zombies come out.
      Idk

    • @raidenshogun408
      @raidenshogun408 3 년 전 +34

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

    • @yourstrulytk12
      @yourstrulytk12 3 년 전 +2

      i also thought the same

    • @gtw9101
      @gtw9101 3 년 전 +5

      But this was 6 years ago...

  • @jefferywise1906

    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”.

  • @doriamalonso171
    @doriamalonso171 개월 전 +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.

  • @infamous9296
    @infamous9296 5 년 전 +4303

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

  • @charaxyz
    @charaxyz 7 년 전 +2233

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

  • @madaraszi
    @madaraszi 년 전

    that bow just stole my heart at 0:18 😄❤

  • @tonyd6514
    @tonyd6514 년 전 +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?

  • @soulless_mermaid666
    @soulless_mermaid666 3 년 전 +6535

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

  • @thisisthezodiacspeaking
    @thisisthezodiacspeaking 3 년 전 +3036

    I think the darkness would scare me more than the silence

    • @doomsday3130
      @doomsday3130 3 년 전 +39

      True lol

    • @kaitlynr4939
      @kaitlynr4939 3 년 전 +9

      Mmhmmm

    • @BrenoReis_dk
      @BrenoReis_dk 3 년 전 +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.

    • @doghastakengd8566
      @doghastakengd8566 3 년 전 +9

      strongly agree

    • @house_plant0677
      @house_plant0677 3 년 전 +2

      Me toooooo

  • @fardinzmunna
    @fardinzmunna 년 전 +2

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

  • @user-zq6zt5nx5r
    @user-zq6zt5nx5r 2 개월 전

    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 :)

  • @iamlegend2300
    @iamlegend2300 7 년 전 +1955

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

    • @ellehere7342
      @ellehere7342 7 년 전 +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 7 년 전 +41

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

    • @ellehere7342
      @ellehere7342 7 년 전 +14

      Oscar Lin jeez its just a joke

    • @jamo3479
      @jamo3479 7 년 전 +12

      I am legend about 7 weeks

    • @GodsPrettiestPrincess
      @GodsPrettiestPrincess 7 년 전 +3

      Eternity

  • @ianthebubbian6182
    @ianthebubbian6182 6 년 전 +2317

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

  • @KakuraZenom
    @KakuraZenom 년 전

    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

  • @biganguria
    @biganguria 년 전 +4

    he can stay for so long in cuz he’s already crazy 😂 good content

  • @franzolivar3597
    @franzolivar3597 6 년 전 +9956

    Would Librarians go crazy tho

  • @mrosh3726
    @mrosh3726 3 년 전 +1196

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

  • @Matrix_Brandin
    @Matrix_Brandin 년 전

    This is on my bucket list. I meditate and this will be where I become enlightened

  • @LisaLisa001
    @LisaLisa001 5 개월 전

    Yes please. I would LOVE that room!

  • @clockworks5069
    @clockworks5069 3 년 전 +2314

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

  • @trintrin185
    @trintrin185 6 년 전 +3013

    But imagine being high

  • @fritsgerms3565
    @fritsgerms3565 년 전 +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.

  • @emperormoist3851

    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

  • @FilipGereg
    @FilipGereg 8 년 전 +848

    LUB DUB, LUB DUB LUB DUB!!!!!!!!!!! WOB WOB DRRRR DRDR WOBWOBWOBWOB DAWWWWW WOB WOB
    Imagine your heart starts to dubstep

    • @zeekawesomecus917
      @zeekawesomecus917 8 년 전 +65

      +Filip Gereg And then you have a heart attack because your heart is getting carried away with its own dubstep. Get rushed to the ER. "Whats wrong with him doctor!?" "He has... dubstep heart syndrome... its very serious and he probably won't recover. His heart is just jamming out way too hard."

    • @Rattus-Norvegicus
      @Rattus-Norvegicus 8 년 전 +18

      +Filip Gereg I laughed wayyyy to hard at this. I could totally hear it in my head.

    • @ohheckohno3666
      @ohheckohno3666 8 년 전 +4

      +Filip Gereg I laughed way harder than I should have

    • @MajorArtillary
      @MajorArtillary 8 년 전

      That's pretty good bro

    • @davidaustin4354
      @davidaustin4354 8 년 전

      +zeek awesomecus Pretty much what happened to me hahaha! but I'm good now!

  • @remixer1234
    @remixer1234 5 년 전 +2099

    Imagine if there is a fly in there

  • @izices
    @izices 년 전

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

  • @Get_me_money
    @Get_me_money 년 전

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

  • @johnmotherfuckincoltrane1242

    Librarian's wet dream

  • @Kaelan514
    @Kaelan514 7 년 전 +693

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

  • @lizziemeaow
    @lizziemeaow 년 전

    this video is the best asmr on the market

  • @seeess925
    @seeess925 7 개월 전 +1

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

  • @northup1
    @northup1 5 년 전 +826

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

  • @mystiical2434
    @mystiical2434 4 년 전 +2823

    Now we will be entering the ASMR room

  • @jameshorn7471
    @jameshorn7471 년 전

    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

  • @antusgabor
    @antusgabor 년 전 +176

    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 년 전 +5

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

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 년 전 +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 년 전 +5

      Unless you have tinnitus...

    • @ZedSalvatore
      @ZedSalvatore 년 전 +1

      Yes... exactly, just let me in 😭

  • @Im15cheese
    @Im15cheese 3 년 전 +2096

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

  • @vishnu2183
    @vishnu2183 3 년 전 +1998

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

  • @arafatshahid
    @arafatshahid 년 전

    My heart started to sync up with your heartbeat

  • @JustinMcVicar
    @JustinMcVicar 년 전

    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.

  • @jazznayaa
    @jazznayaa 4 년 전 +1480

    i’d either do one of these things
    1-sleep
    2-sing really badly

  • @emilyspearman4519
    @emilyspearman4519 4 년 전 +2083

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

    • @dylanlee1880
      @dylanlee1880 4 년 전 +254

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

    • @genxd7826
      @genxd7826 4 년 전 +123

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

    • @onezappyboi3977
      @onezappyboi3977 4 년 전 +13

      Dylan Lee Lmao I get it

    • @okiplay4667
      @okiplay4667 4 년 전 +7

      @@dylanlee1880 haha

    • @yuhinnn
      @yuhinnn 4 년 전 +4

      Dylan Lee lol

  • @bobbiewillis111

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

  • @916619jg
    @916619jg 년 전

    I had to blast the volume to hear what you said as my house is really loud.... The irony is real

  • @Pastelicious404
    @Pastelicious404 9 년 전 +813

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

  • @ghostgoul8800
    @ghostgoul8800 7 년 전 +1845

    It would be so funny if a voice just played out of no where and was like,"The fitness graham pacer test" 😂😂😂😂

  • @zhanggu2008
    @zhanggu2008 년 전

    45 minutes to discover your inner world, how wonderful.

  • @jungyo8417
    @jungyo8417 년 전

    Being in that room is amazing

  • @Plug_Art
    @Plug_Art 3 년 전 +14294

    Imagine making music or listening to music in this room

    • @kaistutz7067
      @kaistutz7067 3 년 전 +1350

      Maybe like a perfect studio for recording?

    • @ezrasan577
      @ezrasan577 3 년 전 +675

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

    • @lampyrisnoctiluca9904
      @lampyrisnoctiluca9904 3 년 전 +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 3 년 전 +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 3 년 전 +24

      Why are you here XD

  • @londynhunter2469
    @londynhunter2469 3 년 전 +1644

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

  • @MarJin727
    @MarJin727 년 전 +2

    In my opinion, everyone should sit in such a room to understand themselves better, a perfect place for meditation👍✌️

  • @Parmenedes
    @Parmenedes 7 개월 전

    Nice to see that Veritasium did an ASMR vid.

  • @Octave03
    @Octave03 6 년 전 +1405

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

    • @manuelescoto100
      @manuelescoto100 6 년 전 +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 6 년 전 +49

      misauce, vchael here.

    • @devil__002
      @devil__002 6 년 전 +37

      He woulda died

    • @tassyatiffany
      @tassyatiffany 6 년 전 +10

      Octave that probably wouldve resulted in michael going insane

  • @presto0194
    @presto0194 5 년 전 +2903

    So this is the world’s best recording studio

    • @lold143
      @lold143 5 년 전 +109

      nah shitty acoustics

    • @oppai1568
      @oppai1568 5 년 전 +32

      Gaming room

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 5 년 전 +30

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

    • @shawnblackburn3787
      @shawnblackburn3787 5 년 전 +27

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

    • @Tmanaz480
      @Tmanaz480 4 년 전 +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.

  • @AK-ur9gz
    @AK-ur9gz 년 전 +2

    I do not know about the others, but it makes me feel good not crazy.

  • @ankitdhali1284
    @ankitdhali1284 년 전 +1

    The fact that Callux was in this room for 4 hours is mad