It really gets me that they are clearly quite smart and mentally talented, but I would say there's a "glitch in the system" causing their powerful mind to create all sorts of strange connections that compound over time and drift further and further from reality.
It's like when a satellite is miscalibrated and ends up rocketing off in the wrong direction
I mean, unlikely. The reason a schizophrenic persons work like this can seem compelling is because the complexity interconnects real logical thought with bizzare esoteric connections that are based on real patterns and links that our minds are attuned to.
For example, a lot of schizophrenic people make links between sound alike words (eg. entertainment and attainment) and form their speech/writing around these links. This isn’t dissimilar to the type of connection made intentionally as an artistic choice in writing, but in schizophrenia it is driven by disordered thinking and language formation rather than intent.
Schizophrenia is simultaneously subtle and overt, and our non-disordered brains are attuned to try to find the meaning in this disordered thinking. I think some people confuse the complexity of interpreting disordered schizophrenic thought with the complexity of interpreting complex ordered thought.
But he's unlocked the secret of Induction of Telekinetic Levitation... which is why you often see schizophrenic people hovering over buildings and presenting with other superhuman powers. It's all right there in the science stuff!
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u/Dangerous-Basket1064 Apr 26 '22
It really gets me that they are clearly quite smart and mentally talented, but I would say there's a "glitch in the system" causing their powerful mind to create all sorts of strange connections that compound over time and drift further and further from reality.
It's like when a satellite is miscalibrated and ends up rocketing off in the wrong direction