French Isolation Study for 15 People Ends After 40 Days in Cave
Voice of America
LOMBRIVES CAVE, FRANCE - Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days?
Fifteen people in France did just that, emerging Saturday from a scientific experiment to say that time seemed to pass more slowly in their cavernous underground abode in southwestern France, where they were deprived of clocks and light. With big smiles on their pale faces, the 15 left their voluntary isolation in the Lombrives cave to a round of applause and basked in the light while wearing special glasses to protect their eyes after so long in the dark. "It was like pressing pause," said 33-year-old Marina Lançon, one of the seven female members in the experiment, adding she didn't feel there was a rush to do anything.
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