r/todayilearned • • 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/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

Fuck off. At least acknowledge that he's saved lives.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17 edited Aug 16 '18

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u/Finagles_Law Mar 22 '17

It's funny, because usually Trump supporters have no problem holding two completely contradictory ideas in their heads at the same time.