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> He was skilled enough to invent a credible fake in the style of a 17th-century mural. What if he didn't want to, though? What if the joke was to do something

> He was skilled enough to invent a credible fake in the style of a 17th-century mural. What if he didn't want to, though? What if the joke was to do something ridiculous and make people take it seriously? In short, what if he was trolling? If he was, you have to give a certain respect to a man who spends his whole career building credibility to burn on a single high-effort, high impact prank, never losing his straight face even with his son who somehow has to go along with it. Not necessarily an admirable man, but an impressive man. Or maybe it was just a mental health episode oddly confined to a particular time, place, and role in the man's life with no known side effects. That could happen, I guess.

Maursault 4y ago
> Or maybe it was just a mental health episode oddly confined to a particular time, place, and role in the man's life with no known side effects. That could happen, I guess. My first impression was that Gotaas suffered symptoms of pareidolia[1] caused by ergotism.[2][3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism [3] https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.944.4459&rep=rep1&type=pdf https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.94...