Blind, Alone, and Confused for 24 Hours Challenge (2020)

98 点作者 quuxplusone大约 1 年前

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weinzierl大约 1 年前

As conscientious objector in the 90s in Germany we had to do an alternative basic training[1]. Part of the ordeal was a whole day - from bed to bed - in a wheelchair.We were divided in groups of two, one guy played the wheelchair user, the other the caretaker. We made a day trip by rail to the lovely town of Bamberg.Our task was to observe how people react to us and write it down in a report from the perspective of the wheelchair user and the caregiver respectively. The day after we discussed our reports in the group.One thing I remember is, how much physical strength it requires in your arms to drive up an incline and the fear of rolling backwards, maybe even toppling backwards and hitting the ground with your head. The other that trains and stations were completely unprepared for wheelchairs in the 90s.We did the blind experiment as well, but only for under an hour within our building. Here the caretakers were split into two groups and half of them were secretly told to let the blind guy run into a wall or over a step just once. Afterwards we had to discuss how that affected trust in the caregiver.[1] This was not really meant to prepare us for our duties on the frontlines at hospitals and homes for the elderly, though in my case it helped a bit. The real reason was to uphold the Wehrgerechtigkeit - the idea that consciousness objectors are subject to the very same conditions as conscripts. In practice this idea fell short, because places for training were few and people randomly selected for it.

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el_benhameen大约 1 年前

> Why Am I Doing This?> I have no good reason. I just want to see if I am capable of doing it and what will happen.I laughed at that line. The whole thing sounded crazy enough that I figured there was some body hacking/hyper optimization angle to it. I’m glad that it was just for the hell of it! I probably wouldn’t try this particular experiment on myself, but I appreciate and share the “fuck it, why not?” ethos.

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d--b大约 1 年前

I don't know, I got Lasek surgery, and had to go through about the same amount of time blindfolded. I did have to take the blindfold off 1 sec to open my door, but it's not something you want to do as it's pretty painful to open your eyes.Maybe it's because I kind of had to do it that I didn't feel any of that stuff the guy is talking about. I did plan for it. Turned on Siri, bought a very long audio book. I mostly slept it off. I guess not having to write a blog post about it made me think about other things, and it was fine.Having a rotavirus infection that barely allowed me to leave the toilet for 4 days was a whole different level of annoyance.

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petesergeant大约 1 年前

> I’m investigating whether nicotine is an under-appreciated nootropicDon’t do this. And if you are going to do this, make sure you don’t vape one day when you can get access to the gum/lozenges you’ve become addicted to.Nicotine addiction is a real pain in the ass and the nootropic effects of it really aren’t worth the hassle.

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mtalantikite大约 1 年前

In Tibetan Buddhism there is a "dark retreat" where you spend the retreat time in total darkness [1]. Retreat times are generally 49 days iirc.A teacher I've done some practice with has guided some intro sessions for dark retreats and is planning on offering them at a retreat center in New York -- actually, it looks like he posted today about one coming up in NYC for those that are around: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/repadorje/p/C34rCaKOA3B/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/repadorje/p/C34rCaKOA3B/</a>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_retreat" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_retreat</a>

dusted大约 1 年前

This struck me, is it so special? That's just the regular "eyes closed for a minute or two" mode for me ? It's interesting how we all seem capable of the same experiences but some have a really amazing ability to ignore what goes on in their nervous system.. I'm acutely aware of all of thees artifacts at all times, the floaters and the halos and afterimages."I remember my entire vision filling up with white bubbles which then broke and briefly returned to black. Then white lightning bolt shapes stretched across my sight, expanded to make my vision purely white, and then slowly faded back to black. The strangest thing about it was the brightness. I literally felt like I was staring into lights despite being blindfolded in a dark room. Unfortunately, it only lasted about 30 seconds, but my heart was racing."

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sweetjuly大约 1 年前

Since they spoke a lot about how hard it was to use their phone, it'd be interesting to see how the author feels using more precise assistive features like VoiceOver on iOS. You can do everything with it and at nearly the same speed with just an hour or so of practice. It'd probably make the experience less boring/isolating, which might ruin it though :)

nicky0大约 1 年前

It's interesting that there is such a focus on distractions and entertainment. It almost reads like "I attempted to operate my iPhone blindfold for 24 hours". What would a similar experiment be like without a smartphone being involve, I wonder?

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stickfigure大约 1 年前

Back in the 90s, about 20 friends and I did something roughly similar in a house. We sealed off all windows with aluminum foil, unscrewed every lightbulb, and covered every electronic display panel. The fridge was loaded with random sandwiches (actually random, since you couldn't read labels). One small room with an exterior door was turned into a light-lock so we could order pizza. The experiment lasted a whole weekend.The activities were basically long discussions, music/audiobooks/plays (before siri/assistant, so physical CDs - again random), psychedelics, and making out with your friends. I can't say I achieved any deep insights, but 20-something me thought it was pretty fun.

anthk大约 1 年前

With yasr, speech-dispatcher and Linux/BSD you could play some text games or browse HN with edbrowse :P Altough with Emacs and Emacspeak you could do nearly anything.<a href="https://blog.thechases.com/posts/bsd/setting-up-a-terminal-screen-reader-on-openbsd/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.thechases.com/posts/bsd/setting-up-a-terminal-s...</a>For OpenBSD, but close for Linux.And, Emacspeak for Emacs:<a href="https://tvraman.github.io/emacspeak/manual/" rel="nofollow">https://tvraman.github.io/emacspeak/manual/</a>I'm not blind, but for this experiment it would be too easy to waste time.

sverhagen大约 1 年前

>For the bathroom, I (a man) peed sitting down. I’m not ashamed to admit it.Rather the opposite, we (men) should be ashamed to pee standing up into anything that's not a urinal, it's gross. Also, relatedly, we should LISTEN when our cohabitants tell us any of that.