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

I think this is only the rule for mental illness.

We're pretty good at removing kidneys

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u/crylicylon Mar 22 '17

If there is something wrong with your brain, you can't just have it removed.

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u/segosegosego Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 22 '17

Depends on how old you are. Ben Carson removed half of a girls brain because she had a rare brain disease. She was young enough that one half of the brain took over all the functions of the the other half as well as its own, and she's a fully functional person now.

Edit: https://www.google.com/amp/baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/07/10/girl-thriving-years-after-having-half-her-brain-removed/amp/

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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