You die and your consciousness wakes up in a void. You have none of the 5 senses - no external stimuli at all. Do you think it would be possible to learn anything new just by rehashing things from memory or does learning require external stimuli?
You die and your consciousness wakes up in a void. You have none of the 5 senses - no external stimuli at all. Do you think it would be possible to learn anything new just by rehashing things from memory or does learning require external stimuli?
As far as I remember, these experiments have been done. Like letting people float in luke warm water in complete darkness and depriving them of any sensory input. And that seems to lead to hallucinations, anxiety… And is more a turture method than anything else. I’m not sure if the brain takes permanent damage from that. But I’m pretty sure it doesn’t like it.
Sure, the brain is more tightly interconnected within itself, than it is coupled to the outside world. But I think that holds true for lots of complex systems other than the brain. Their thing is to be tightly coupled on the inside and more loosely to the outside. But the whole point of the brain is to be a computer which forms models about the world. That’s why evolution gave us a (more advanced) brain. It’s kind of pointless without an interactive connection to the world. And not designed for that.
Aren’t those salt water tanks to meditate in just the same thing?
I’ve never seen one. But I guess it’s the same thing. Just depends on the dose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_deprivation