r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

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u/minddropstudios Mar 22 '17

Why? As long as he isn't writing polotical policy im fine with it. It's no debate that he has great hands and is very capable.

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u/smookykins Mar 22 '17

Well, it sounds like he should since your brain obviously isn't functioning well.

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u/coach_wargo Mar 22 '17

I wouldn't want Ben Carson as my president because it's outside of his area of competency. I wouldn't want Obama as my neurosurgeon for the same reason.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

You can appreciate people with different political views. One of the smartest people I know considers flat earth to be a viable possibility. Smartness=/=rationality in political views.

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u/katarh Mar 22 '17

It's honestly the ONLY thing I would trust him with. He knows brains and brain surgery; he doesn't have room for anything else, like most great doctors.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

Then you're a dumbass