wickerwoman wrote:I don't really notice them. I think my record is about 11-12 days without speaking to anyone or leaving the house and it was great. I got a lot of work done.
I remember being in third or fourth grade and reading a story about solitary confinement and genuinely not being able to understand how anyone could consider that a punishment. If the food was decent and I had internet, I would happily sit in solitary indefinitely.
The thing is, if you had internet, you wouldn't truly be alone. You would be able to communicate with people and fulfill your need to socialize. Even if you did not make any comments and simply watched the internet, you wouldn't truly be isolated.
That's not to say it's the same as socializing with people face to face, but it's still far more than enough to maintain an inverted lifestyle with some level of comfort.
I believe that I could, for instance, survive exclusively on the internet for all of my social needs for my entire life if it were needed. I do not know if I'd prefer that, but it's definitely survivable, sort of like subsisting on the most basic needs for food, water, and/or sleep.
I wanted to say that I do I agree with your sentiment, being completely and utterly alone in a house without any outside contact whatsoever for a couple weeks would be fantastic, especially if the internet was available to supplement any social needs. It could even be longer, if not regular. I'd call it a vacation!
IntellectualCat wrote:JPKAS wrote:yeah Koopa, even if you were isolated- you'd never be able to make a view point of the universe independent of external stimuli.
We discussed this is my aesthetics class- Even if someone was completely put into a vacuum, the vacuum itself would help determine their entire being.
People are shaped too much by genetics and external input from people to ever truly be free of it....Half the time I think who we are is entirely out of our control in all reality ;p.
This is why I don't believe in free will. It's not like I have ever felt like I had free will anyway.
I agree entirely. More deeply than has been commented on yet in this topic. I could elaborate, but I don't know if this is the place for philosophical thinking nor exaggerated imagination.
I will say, though, unless we know our destiny, we will still have the illusion of control, and if we did know our destiny (theoretically) we would be able to change it; yet by knowing we would have simply been forced down a different path than we originally imagined and still be completely out of control. Yeah... I'll stop here. Sorry.
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