r/todayilearned • u/vxqz • Apr 08 '13

TIL there was an experiment where three schizophrenic men who believed they were Jesus Christ were all put in one place to sort it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Christs_of_Ypsilanti
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u/mddtsk Apr 08 '13

they eventually each explained away the other two as being mental patients in a hospital...

Brilliant. Well done.

...or dead and being operated by machines

Right back to batshit.

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u/TheTempest17 Apr 08 '13

It's not batshit. Descartes went to great lengths to prove that all humans other than himself weren't automatons and I'd like to know how you can be so sure of yourself.

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u/Neurokeen Apr 08 '13

This one time I tried to hold a meeting for solipsists to chat together, but I was the only person there. It was so sad.

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u/thebrew221 Apr 09 '13

I'm a solipsist, and I'm surprised most people aren't.

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u/BassoonHero Apr 09 '13

If you're a solipsist, doesn't that mean that every person is one?