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Even After Debunking, ‘Sybil’ Hasn’t Gone Away

11 points by samclemens 3y ago

AlexB138 3y ago
Archive: https://archive.ph/8dnZH https://archive.ph/8dnZH
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codetrotter 3y ago
> the True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities I never knew where the name for “Sybil attack” came from. Until now. Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason.
- msla 3y ago
  > Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason. First cousin to the Dread Gazebo, I'd wager: https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html
- rainworld 3y ago
  The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl
  - codetrotter 3y ago
    That's pretty cool. Still worth to note that in "Sybil attack" the name Sybil is indeed used specifically because of this person. > It is named after the subject of the book Sybil, a case study of a woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack
BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago
somebody's debunking is another's occultation intended to improve the efficacy of torture-based techniques used to train non-existing secret agents and other sorts of slaves. but this is just fantasy, not real life; by science.
rainworld 3y ago
Or maybe it’s the debunking that needs a debunking: https://sybilandmpd.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-sybils-closest-living-relative.html https://sybilandmpd.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-sybils-closest... Dissociative identity disorder[0] remains a perfectly real thing: https://didiva.com/2011/10/sybil-the-nathan-defamation/ https://didiva.com/2011/10/sybil-the-nathan-defamation/ Nathan is an advocacy journalist who argues that federal laws on child pornography and child sexual abuse are too strict. "Sex is such a highly charged issue in our culture that — particularly when it comes to child sex abuse — people are very irrational," Nathan says. "Many people are convicted who are innocent, in my opinion."[1] Not necessarily a reprehensible take but this plus her “debunking” of DID, SRA, and any connection between pornography and criminality certainly suggests an agenda. The anti-David McGowan basically. In related news, the real story of Girl, Interrupted is more interesting than one might think: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked-crackpotoberfest-1-premium-47-novels-as-spycraft/id1568664643?i=1000581933230 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked-crackpotoberf... [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder [1]: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15430924 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=154309...

11 points by samclemens 3y ago

AlexB138 3y ago

Archive: https://archive.ph/8dnZH https://archive.ph/8dnZH

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codetrotter 3y ago

> the True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities I never knew where the name for “Sybil attack” came from. Until now. Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason.

msla 3y ago
> Previously I was imagining a “Sybil” to be some kind of creature that was similar to a gopher, a beaver, or a capybara. For some reason. First cousin to the Dread Gazebo, I'd wager: https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/98/Jul/gazebo.html
rainworld 3y ago
The sibyls were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl
- codetrotter 3y ago
  That's pretty cool. Still worth to note that in "Sybil attack" the name Sybil is indeed used specifically because of this person. > It is named after the subject of the book Sybil, a case study of a woman diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack

BSEdlMMldESB 3y ago

somebody's debunking is another's occultation intended to improve the efficacy of torture-based techniques used to train non-existing secret agents and other sorts of slaves. but this is just fantasy, not real life; by science.

rainworld 3y ago

Or maybe it’s the debunking that needs a debunking: https://sybilandmpd.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-sybils-closest-living-relative.html https://sybilandmpd.blogspot.com/2011/11/from-sybils-closest... Dissociative identity disorder[0] remains a perfectly real thing: https://didiva.com/2011/10/sybil-the-nathan-defamation/ https://didiva.com/2011/10/sybil-the-nathan-defamation/ Nathan is an advocacy journalist who argues that federal laws on child pornography and child sexual abuse are too strict. "Sex is such a highly charged issue in our culture that — particularly when it comes to child sex abuse — people are very irrational," Nathan says. "Many people are convicted who are innocent, in my opinion."[1] Not necessarily a reprehensible take but this plus her “debunking” of DID, SRA, and any connection between pornography and criminality certainly suggests an agenda. The anti-David McGowan basically. In related news, the real story of Girl, Interrupted is more interesting than one might think: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked-crackpotoberfest-1-premium-47-novels-as-spycraft/id1568664643?i=1000581933230 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked-crackpotoberf... [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder [1]: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15430924 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=154309...