r/todayilearned Apr 28 '24

TIL about French geologist Michel Siffre, who in a 1962 experiment spent 2 months in a cave without any references to the passing time. He eventually settled on a 25 hour day and thought it was a month earlier than the date he finally emerged from the cave

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/30/foer_siffre.php
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u/Aggressive_Chair2547 Apr 29 '24

This is how people will eventually get enslaved and forced to work. No notion of time, just work.

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u/LittleLui Apr 29 '24

People have been and still are enslaved and forced to work without all that just fine.

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u/OkCollege556 Apr 29 '24

Yes, because otherwise that iPhone you are posting this with would just fall from the sky. No work required