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RE: Schizophrenia and Genius - TempleOS and The Strange, Sad Case of Terry A Davis
Great post. I have heard of TempleOS, but had no context, and no idea about it's author.
Perhaps it is the religious social control mechanisms that derange folks more supsceptible to it, rather than deranged folks focusing on religion thereafter.
Hopefully, all you need to do to remain sane is healthy doses of skepticism, or at least take two agnostics, and call me in the morning.
Could be there's something in the brain that craves religious certainty that makes us susceptible to this kind of thinking. And damage to other parts make this part dominate.
But it's interesting too, the genius level drive and focus that results in these cases. Then again - for every schizophrenic who creates something as grand as TempleOS, there must be thousands who suffer without consequence.