Chunking: How To Increase Your Mental Endurance

Chunking: How To Increase Your Mental Endurance

“What time is it?” David Blaine asked a bystander at his Frozen In Time expedition in Time Square.  

“It’s 2pm” the man responded.

“Jeez, that means I still have 8 hours left in here!

Blaine had been standing in a block of ice for a full 56 hours at that point.  Sleep deprivation was causing him to hallucinate terrifying images and characters doing unspeakable things.  The unseasonably warm weather in New York had caused part of the ice to melt, resulting in a cold dripping on his neck similar to Chinese water torture.  

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