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From: Martyn.Amos@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Martyn Amos)
Subject: Re: Consciousness and the Senses/Brain development
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Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 12:56:16 GMT
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In article <3ccicu$6fb@zen.ludd.luth.se> watchman@zen.ludd.luth.se (Joachim Str|mbergson) writes:
>In <kak112-1012940953570001@ppp19.cac.psu.edu> kak112@psu.edu (Keith Kendall) writes:
>>I believe you are referring to an isolation tank.  In it the subject is
>>almost completely immersed in body temperature water and the tank is
>>sealed to eliminate external sources of sound, light, and smell.  The last
>>popular culture representation of this was in a movie starring William
>>Hurt (sorry, I can't remember the name, but I think it came out in the
>>early to mid 80's).
>
>Yep, I just didn't remember the correct term, but it sure is an isolation...
>I have seen the movie, and apart from beeing stupid, it shows a tank like
>you descibes... Just like Feynman did.  

It's called 'Altered States'.

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