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Extreme 'world first' experiment has trapped 15 people in a cave for 40 days without phones or watches to explore the effects of long-term isolation with no notion of time
Daily Mail UK ^ | 16 March 2021 | Ian Randall

Posted on 03/17/2021 1:11:48 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Sequestered in the Lombrives cave in Ariège, the team have four tons of supplies to live on — along with water from the cave and a pedal-driven dynamo for electricity.

Mission leader Christian Clot, who is one of the participants, was inspired to stage the test after seeing how the COVID-19 pandemic brought isolation in to our lives.

However, the explorer has received some criticism in the French press because he assumes the title of 'researcher' while having no formal scientific training.

The 'Deep Time' experiment began at 20:00 local time on Sunday, March 14 — and, if all goes to plan, will be concluding on April 22.

The findings of the project could be relevant to future space missions, submarine crews, mining teams and other settings were people are enclosed for long periods.

Deep Time follows in the footsteps of the French geologist Michel Siffre, who spent several extended periods underground, including one six-month stint in 1972.

He found that the human body's circadian cycle can vary in duration when untethered from the stimuli of natural light.

In the Lombrives — the largest cave in Europe by volume — the team will be forced to adapt to the constant 54°F (12°C) temperature and 95 per cent humidity.

In the cave, 'three separate living spaces have been fitted out — one for sleeping, one for living and one for carrying out studies on the topography of the place, especially the flora and fauna,' Mr Clot told Le Parisian.

The experiment has been funded by a total of €1.2 million (£1 million) from both public and private funding sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: cyclotic

A missionary was caught by cannibals. He was tied up and thrown into a big pot. The cannibals were chopping up vegetables and throwing them into the pot with the missionary.

When they lit the fire under the pot, the missionary said “You can’t stew me. I’m a friar.”


41 posted on 03/17/2021 1:47:49 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: polymuser

:)


42 posted on 03/17/2021 1:51:16 PM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: BenLurkin

This is different because their declared sexual identities will be monitored over the course of the experiment. It is expected that certain participants might see as many as three or four reversals by the conclusion of the study.


43 posted on 03/17/2021 1:58:05 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder if they’ll all come out alive.


44 posted on 03/17/2021 2:14:21 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: BenLurkin

My first thought was of Peruvian miners trapped underground a few years back.


45 posted on 03/17/2021 2:21:03 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: steve86

“It is expected that certain participants might see as many as three or four reversals by the conclusion of the study.”

“I am soooooooo excited! I get to go around the world in 40 days. In a cave! How cool is THAT?!”


46 posted on 03/17/2021 2:23:03 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: polymuser

LOL!!!!


47 posted on 03/17/2021 2:26:12 PM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: BenLurkin

Boring... they need to introduce a cave monster to make it interesting.


48 posted on 03/17/2021 2:41:49 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: BenLurkin

This has been done in space, in subs, and in my bachelor pad back in 1983. No one ever entered that place.


49 posted on 03/17/2021 2:53:24 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: BenLurkin

Was done decades ago. Upshot: humans have a natural 25-hour sleep cycle.


50 posted on 03/17/2021 2:56:45 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (The claim of consensus is the first refuge of scoundrels.)
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To: BenLurkin

What is old is new. Why have a asinine experiment when the true social experiment is being lived in the Corona era. I also don’t think it is hard to predict what happens when a typical moron has no electronics.


51 posted on 03/17/2021 3:10:50 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BenLurkin

another waste of money...The US navy has been doing it since the 60’s... ever heard of submarine duty? 70,80,90, 100+ days without contacting the outside world... the astronauts had better contact with the world than any sub sailor


52 posted on 03/17/2021 3:14:25 PM PDT by Ikeon (do me a big favor, could you look down this barrel and see if you can see a bullet in there? )
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To: BenLurkin

They should’ve just went and filmed at their local DMV.


53 posted on 03/17/2021 3:17:13 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: HippyLoggerBiker

Glad to see the Navy sub sailors are represented..


54 posted on 03/17/2021 3:17:25 PM PDT by Ikeon (do me a big favor, could you look down this barrel and see if you can see a bullet in there? )
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To: BenLurkin

In 95% humidity after about a week I would have pneumonia.


55 posted on 03/17/2021 3:21:09 PM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

it all depends what is growing on the walls of the cave...

could end up being pretty trippy


56 posted on 03/17/2021 4:27:30 PM PDT by algore
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To: BenLurkin
And this plan, you say 10 women to every man?


57 posted on 03/17/2021 4:29:18 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: no-to-illegals
Hard to tell from the pictures, but some of the women might even be over “5”. But, let’s face it, two weeks in a cave and they’re all in the No-Go zone on the Crazy Axis.
58 posted on 03/17/2021 4:38:24 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: BenLurkin
Oh, great. Human Experimentation.

Thank you for the link.

59 posted on 03/17/2021 4:56:23 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: KC_Lion

“It was just me and a thousand guinea pigs. They turned...carnivorous.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVPNouEhGV4


60 posted on 03/17/2021 5:02:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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