There's a Swiss Man Attempting to Swim 112 Miles from France to Monaco, Will Be Swimming For Over 5 Straight Days While Hypnotizing Himself to Sleep Mid-Swim

Pretty impressive feat of human strength and resilience. Beyond however difficult that is on the body, the boredom factor alone would be so hard to overcome. I would hope he has the option to throw in headphones, or listen to something from a loudspeaker on the back of the boat during his swim. I don't think I've been alone with my own thoughts for more than a few hours since the invention of cell phones. To go a whole 5+ days in your own head, thinking critically about your life and contemplating past decisions you've made... and not even be on some kinda crazy Aaron Rodgers drug? No thank you. That's what the internet was made to avoid. 

Noam's long swim is cool and all. I suppose he's setting a record for longest continuous swim (time-wise). But when it comes to  distance, I'm afraid Noam isn't even close. Last year, a man named Ross Edgley swam 316 miles in only 2 days of swimming. Noam is barely covering third of that distance in over twice the amount of time. 

I'm far more curious about Noam's claim that he's able to self-hypnotize half of his brain to sleep at a time. My first thought was that there must be a better way to take advantage of never having to fully fall asleep than by using it to swim forever. But he says in the video he needs to close his eyes in order to do it. So unless he's trying to be the most prolific podcast listener of all-time, or maybe travel the world competing in those "whoever keeps their hand on the car the longest wins the car" contests that radio stations put on… maybe swimming really far is the best use of his ability.

Now if Noam can ever learn to sleep with one eye open like a dolphin… then the world really opens up for him. He could be the most efficient long-haul trucker in all of the land. Truckers seems to be paid pretty well. Imagine being able to knock out a month's worth of work in just over a week, then spending the rest of your month just living your life. And any time Noam's wife forced to be somewhere he didn't want to be, he could catch a couple hours of 50% rest, yet remain alert enough to prove to her that he was actually paying attention. The possibilities are… I guess they're kinda limited… but it's a cool skill to have. 

I'm sorry this blog fucking sucks. I got nothing else on this hypnosis swimmer guy. Hypnosis is an interesting concept, but I don't think I could ever let myself buy into it. I'm way too skeptical. I'd love to be one of those people who went to a hypnosis "doctor", and when I left was forever repulsed by the thought of alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes. Allegedly that works for some people. I just know the whole time I'd be thinking, "This isn't actually going to work is it?". And from what I'm told, if you go into a hypnosis session with that attitude, it is 100% not going to work. 

And I can't even imagine allowing my to mind drift to the point that I'd fall victim to some asshole trying to convince me he's Bigfoot.

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I mean how can that be real? I'm still not entirely convinced all of hypnosis isn't one big racket. I know people swear by it. I know people say they really did think they were a dog on stage at the county fair in front of hundreds of people. I've also never heard someone say they were paid off by a hypnotist to play along with his act. Maybe they all sign iron-clad NDA's before getting on stage. If hypnosis was completely bullshit, you'd think we'd see more people calling these guys out. 

But still… the fucking Bigfoot guy? That guy in the white hat? Like your first instinct when all of the sudden there's a Bigfoot in front of you is to run up and grab it? That's not a real life Bigfoot reaction. If he had actually seen Bigfoot, he'd have sprinted 100 yards in the opposite direction. Then he'd film the Bigfoot using his iPhone16's grainy potato filter and sell the photograph to the New York Post. That's how you react to a Bigfoot.