Talk:Isolation tank
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[edit] Brain in a vat
Isolation tanks have nothing whatsoever to do with the "brain in a vat" thought experiment. This thought experiment is about a literal brain being fed electrical signals that a body would normally be providing it, thereby simulating reality to the brain despite its really being in a vat. This is meant to highligh that there is no way to be certain that what the brain "thinks" it is experiencing are necessarily actually happening to an associated body. The only tenuous connection between these two topics I can come up with is that perhaps whoever put that in regarding the comments about humans needing constant stimuli, and...the brain in a vat experiment being used as an example of that? It makes no sense. Anyone object to the removal of this reference? Mswer 20:13, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Torture References?
There are no longer any references to the tank being used for torture, yet it's in the torture category. It used to have references to it, and they should probably be put back -- if no one has any objections after a few days I may either add it back in myself or remove the article from the torture category. StopTheFiling 16:07, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I do not beleive float tanks have never been used for torture - I defy anyone to prove me wrong! I've been running a floatation tank centre since 1993 and average around 1300 customers a month. I've yet to see any customer leave a float tank in any state other than relaxed. I certainly don't subscribe to the notion that there's a deep human need for an almost constant input of stimuli. User:bloobuoy
- I don't think that they've had very long stays in a very good tank. In The Cardinal of the Kremlin, one is used as a torture device, but the sensory deprivation is complete. The victim is completely submerged, covered head to toe with a substance that cannot be felt when wet and has her voice muted using destructive interference with the sound waves. BioTube 02:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Cardinal of the Kremlin - is a work of FICTION!
- Sorry, very sloppy comment I made before. I meant to say "remove the category." There is indeed very few on isolation tanks and torture or MKULTRA. Ben T/C 19:33, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External link section
Do we need all those links? At least some of them are link spam or, as Glabrata put it, "biased research" (cf. (Wikipedia:Spam#External link spamming). Please remove everything you don't see fit. Ben T/C 19:42, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
- As Wikipedia is not a linkfarm, I've removed 2 unnecessary subsections of links. I've also removed a few other links - 1 was essentially a duplicate, another a personal account, and another a purely commercial link. --AbsolutDan (talk) 23:34, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
I think it's a shame that there aren't some links to commerical centres, I think the best carry lots of information and also prove that it's a viable therapy.
- If the information is verifiable you can add it to the article, bearing copyrigh rules in mind. Doctormatt 02:40, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Obviously Wikipedia isn't a link farm - but I believe a link to at least one center would allow for additional information and of course pictures - I propose http://www.floatworks.com as I know they're the worlds largest centre - and a great website too
- I disagree. I think the floatworks site adds little besides commercial interests, and opens the door to every floating center adding their website to the page, and then we end up where we were a year/six months ago. I think it is best to have no links to commercial floating sites, and only link to encyclopedic, informational sites, if any. If people have pictures, they can add them directly. Doctormatt 17:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Components and Materials
It seems relevant to include a section on how isolation tanks are constructed. I do not have this information myself, but I plan to explore this topic soon and will be glad to create a new section for it. Of course if anyone else happens to have info, please feel free to start it yourself. --FJ, 00:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
The part about Joe Rogan commenting on this was definitely on a Loveline episode. Does anyone know if he spoke about it both on Loveline and Opie and Anthony, or is the Opie and Anthony comment incorrect?
[edit] Use of scientific terms
"The parasympathetic response is the mechanism by which the body naturally regenerates itself and maintains chemical and metabolic balance". This line is misinterpreting what the parasympathetic nervous system is; both the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems work together to maintain homeostasis (although it is true the parasympathetic in a lot of cases is associated with "rest and digest" but this is different from regeneration). The whole paragraph needs cleaning up as it contains inapropriate use of scientific terms (eg. elimination of gravity is rubbish) and has no references for these claims. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 40.0.96.2 (talk • contribs) 08:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] floateria merge
I think the info at floateria should be moved here (though I wasn't the one who added the tag...). The floateria page is terrible: in fact it only contains the word "floateria" in a header and title, so I cannot tell what the heck "floateria" is. Any other opinions? Doctormatt 04:17, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Tank temperature
The first paragraph states that the water in the tank is that of skin temperature. Were this true, the human body would overheat inside such tank. The basic temperature in the tank should be somewhere around 20-25 degrees Celsius (I cannot recall the exact temperature).
I do not know what "skin temperature" is, but I disagree about the temperature you mention. I have had a tank in my home for 7 years. I keep it set at 94.3 degrees F (35 Celsius). If it goes down a degree or so that is okay, but anything less than 93.0 degrees makes it too cold to stay in the tank. 138.88.218.95 03:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Keith L
[edit] Dr.Peter Suedfeld
I am Dr.Peter Suedfeld's grandson. He's had a very interesting life and I think we should do an article on him. Aside from being a world class phsychologist he is also a holocaust survivor and a former US Airforce Officer
