loating, despite its emphasis on stillness, has struggled in the past to settle on a name. For one reason or another, the attempt to aptly name and describe the experience of floating in the warmth of quiet darkness has led to monikers that fall short of reality. Of all the names associated with floating throughout the years, few have had the kind of staying power and winding history as its most misleading: sensory deprivation.
As a term, sensory deprivation was first coined by Canadian researchers in the 1950s. Ostensibly, they were studying phenomenal distortions in people working monotonous jobs, including truck drivers and radar observers. Beneath their sta
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