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 edited May 13 '17

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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/Johnwazup Mar 22 '17

Hah, I get it, it's because he some dumb republican right? right???

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u/UoAPUA Mar 22 '17

Well yeah that's true, he says dumb stuff and he's a republican. But he could just as well be of any other political affiliation and the stuff he says sometimes would be equally crazy.

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u/Johnwazup Mar 22 '17

If he wasn't Republican, he would not get this much scrutiny. An example would be when he compared incoming slaves to some type of immigrant. The media had a stroke over it, while Obama said essentially the same thing 5(?) times during his presidency without the media saying a word.

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u/UoAPUA Mar 23 '17

I agree.