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> you just hear a noise. But the noise, it doesn’t sound — you can tell when you hear it, it doesn’t sound like it’s external. You hear it as a sound, it has a
by t_mann 4y ago
> you just hear a noise. But the noise, it doesn’t sound — you can tell when you hear it, it doesn’t sound like it’s external. You hear it as a sound, it has a clear property, like a noise or a sound, but it doesn’t sound like it’s coming from around you. It’s hard to describe, but it’s real. It’s totally real
Sorry, but the whole story is far more consistent with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia than V2K (Voice-To-sKull?) or any other whacky technologies:
> Major symptoms include hallucinations, ..., paranoia, ...
Those wackos didn't even bother to gather wikipedia-level knowledge on what they're talking about:
Article > Basically, the biggest difference between mental illness and being electronically harassed is, if you have a mental illness it usually shows up throughout your life.
Wikipedia > Symptoms typically develop gradually, begin during young adulthood
How do such ramblings make it to the top of HN?
- lima 4y ago> Basically, the biggest difference between mental illness and being electronically harassed is, if you have a mental illness it usually shows up throughout your life. Read the article again - it's a quote from a snakeoil salesperson they spoke to.
- addingnumbers 4y agoThose seem clearly presented in the article as direct quotes from a mentally disturbed person and from the agent of a grifter. The article is about paranoia and irrationality. It would throw off the pacing and be condescending to the reader if they were constantly stomping the brake to explicitly refute each one of the steady stream of plainly outlandish claims.