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Can silence drive someone insane?

Asked by daytonamisticrip (4859points) December 12th, 2010

Lets think of insane as the stereotypical in the corner rocking back and forth kind of thing, only because the definition of insanity really isn’t the point of this question.
If someone was in complete silence for a long enough period of time could it drive them insane? How long do you think it would it take? What if one small barley detectable faint noise was added, what do you think the outcome of that would be?

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