Why would this guy have to plunge people into darkness for 14 hours? Couldn’t he just interview a Swede in wintertime?
He tried that first. He sent his sister to interview a Swede in wintertime. But she got bitten by a moose.
As I recall this experiment, he was wanting to see what sort of schedule people would keep, if they were free from any way of regulating their body clock. So, no clocks or sun or anything was allowed.
The people were free to do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. Whether it be watch tv, on vcr tapes, or play board games, or read.
They just weren’t free to keep track of anytime whatsoever.