Hmm--meant to say "not speaking doesn't equal silence."
Nuff said.
Hal "Once upon a time Baltimore was necessary."
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On Nov 26, 2005, at 12:52 PM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure what to explain, but even sensory-deprivation
> tanks
> don't even provide real (i.e., complete) silence, as John C. Lilly
> found. If
> one doesn't hear sounds from without, one hears sounds from within:
> the heart, the central nervous system, the blood rushing through the
> circulatory system, etc. No speaking doesn't equal silence. But I know
> what you mean, Doug. Those uncomfortable silences take getting used
> to. When I was teaching, though, I found myself able to maintain
> silence
> (my own) until students in discussion classes were so uncomfortable
> they actually found they had something to say.
>
> I imagine that some deaf folks actually "hear" silence even though
> they
> can "speak" and be "spoken" by sign, gesture, etc.
>
> Hal
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