Russian Sleep Experiment - EXPLAINED
The Infographics Show・13 minutes read
Soviet researchers conduct a horrifying experiment with a gas stimulant on prisoners of war, resulting in psychosis, self-mutilation, and violence. The Russian Sleep Experiment lacks believability due to unrealistic elements and contrasts with the actual torture of sleep deprivation used in military settings.
Insights
- The Russian Sleep Experiment, while a captivating story, lacks believability due to unrealistic elements like addictive gas and reanimation, contrasting with actual military torture methods involving sleep deprivation.
- Fatal Familial Insomnia is a genetic disorder, not influenced by environmental factors, and does not induce cannibalistic tendencies, debunking the premise of the Russian Sleep Experiment and highlighting the stark difference between fiction and reality in the context of sleep deprivation studies.
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Recent questions
What was the purpose of the gas stimulant in the Soviet experiment?
To keep people awake for war.
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Summary
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Soviet gas experiment leads to chaos
- Late 1940s, Soviet researchers create a stimulant to keep people awake for war.
- Test subjects are prisoners of war placed in a sealed environment with gas stimulant.
- Subjects agree to stay awake for 30 days, promised freedom if successful.
- Subjects exhibit signs of psychosis, paranoia, and hallucinations after five days.
- One subject screams uncontrollably on day nine, leading to suspicions about gas effects.
- Subjects mutilate themselves, removing organs and eating them, leading to chaos.
- Soldiers are called to remove subjects, resulting in violent attacks and deaths.
- Subjects are sedated, but one dies during surgery, another smiles maniacally.
- Former KGB agent suggests reintroducing gas to stabilize subjects' behavior.
- Experiment ends in violence, with a researcher shooting subjects and revealing a disturbing truth.
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Genetic insomnia vs. unbelievable sleep experiment lore
- Fatal Familial Insomnia is a genetic condition, not caused by environmental factors, and does not induce cannibalistic desires; the Russian Sleep Experiment, while a compelling tale, lacks believability due to unrealistic elements like addictive gas and reanimation, contrasting with the actual torture of sleep deprivation used by militaries.
