the guy can barely type—his posts are littered with weird typos, spelling mistakes, grammatical mistakes, and incoherent sentences.
It’s such a common cluster of traits (and failure mode among people on the internet and homeless people I’ve met), it might be a particular mental state. Hasn’t everyone had that feeling once that they suddenly understand everything and it’s All Connected? It’s a particular manic state, perhaps. When I find myself in it, I know not to trust anything I’m thinking but I write it down anyway just in case. Sometimes it’s OK and there are insights.
It’s such a common cluster of traits (and failure mode among people on the internet and homeless people I’ve met), it might be a particular mental state. Hasn’t everyone had that feeling once that they suddenly understand everything and it’s All Connected?
Here’s a MetaFilter thread discussing how manic states can lead to this kind of feeling. It’s pretty anecdotal though. Some actual research to what’s going on with stereotypical crackpots would be interesting.
It’s such a common cluster of traits (and failure mode among people on the internet and homeless people I’ve met), it might be a particular mental state. Hasn’t everyone had that feeling once that they suddenly understand everything and it’s All Connected? It’s a particular manic state, perhaps. When I find myself in it, I know not to trust anything I’m thinking but I write it down anyway just in case. Sometimes it’s OK and there are insights.
Here’s a MetaFilter thread discussing how manic states can lead to this kind of feeling. It’s pretty anecdotal though. Some actual research to what’s going on with stereotypical crackpots would be interesting.
Psychoceramics? … oh.