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One must always marvel at the mental gymnastics neurotypical people go to to explain why their hallucinations are actually a good thing.
by PavlikPaja 8y ago
One must always marvel at the mental gymnastics neurotypical people go to to explain why their hallucinations are actually a good thing.
- wlib 8y agoImplying that said hallucinations, tailored by evolution, are actually a bad thing.
- PavlikPaja 8y agoPeople outside the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations don't experience them. They are not shaped by evolution, but likely by the excess iron in western food that gets into the brain and shifts the brain chemistry towards a psychosis like state. (you can look up studies on rats, or I can look up some if you want) People who are immune to it have Asperger's or something similar "on the spectrum". Anyway, here is one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6138953 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6138953
- mrunkel 8y agoI'm totally shocked that a wacky theory proponent (complete with zany acronym!) would link an article talking about iron deficiency to promote their wacky theory that excess iron causes a psychosis like state.
- PavlikPaja 8y agoThat acronym is well established in psychology.