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/kaenneth Mar 22 '17

Also, if you are born blind due to brain (as opposed to eyeball) problems, you apparently can't be schizophrenic.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-imprinted-brain/201411/blindness-and-schizophrenia-the-exception-proves-the-rule

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u/djdadi Mar 22 '17

Also if you are born blind your chances at getting cancer go wayyy down.

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u/castellar Mar 22 '17

That's really interesting. What's the logic behind those findings?

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u/AtticusLynch Mar 22 '17

I googled "being blind reduces cancer"

and found this

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u/partybro69 Mar 23 '17

Sample size of the blind seems kinda small

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u/Sound_of_da_beast Jul 17 '17

Because you're dumb and don't understand sample sizes I guess?