Yeah!! oh photoshop, you are a thing of wonder

Photoshop? whatever are you talking about? this is 100% true!

I need to make these "serious" posts again so that I can see you guys set fire to it just to watch it burn.
Does a chicken have to come from a chicken's egg?
Some chickenish animal-> Lays egg *Genetic mutation*-> Chicken (?)

My dear Perenutet, setting things on fire to watch them burn and getting off-topic in the most horrible fashoin are our specialities. You should know that by now.

Ask Fuzzy, she is the master evolutionist here.

That's very flattering, but I'm no expert. I'm pretty sure Perenutet's right though.

^ A video supporting the theory.

Okay, so the egg came first. I still say chicken evolved from dinosaurs.

I'm pretty sure we've all but proved that they do.

Hm. Now we need a new question.


If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Hmmm. If one personality commits a murder but the other personality does not, is the person guilty?

Both of these questions circle back to the inquiry of whether or each personality is viewed as a separate being.
They all reside within one body, typically developed during an abusive childhood as a defense mechanism.
And yet, none of the personalities are aware of each other's existence unless informed by another individual.
They, of course, do not share memories nor knowledge. Some personalities speak in different accents and claim to have lived in different countries.
And a more curious factor is that personality changes affect even physical properties. For example, one personality could have diabetes or hypertension, but when the person switches into another personality the health issue would disappear.
They are like many people in one body, yet they are all one at the same time. It's exceedingly controversial.

Do I want to know why you have such an ... intricate understanding of that topic?

Are you sure this information is correct? I can see how hypertension could be regulated by the autonomic nervous system, but diabetes? Hmmm, I would research this myself, but I can't be bothered as I'm busy with school that doesn't involve advanced psychiatry :P

I'm sure it would be interesting to do it as project a project for science.

But if all that's true, It would be a hostage situation, seeing as they are different persons...in spirit.

Perenutet wrote:They are like many people in one body, yet they are all one at the same time. It's exceedingly controversial.

That reminds me of the Legion from "Ghost Rider"

Didier wrote:Are you sure this information is correct? I can see how hypertension could be regulated by the autonomic nervous system, but diabetes? Hmmm, I would research this myself, but I can't be bothered as I'm busy with school that doesn't involve advanced psychiatry :P

"Emotions are in two realms. They can be in the
physical realm, where we?re talking about molecules whose molecular
weight I can tell you, and whose sequences I can write as formulas.
And there?s another realm that we experience that?s not under the
purview of science. There are aspects of mind that have qualities that
seem to be outside of matter. Let me give you an example. People with
multiple personalities sometimes have extremely clear physical
symptoms that vary with each personality. One personality can be
allergic to cats while another is not. One personality can be diabetic
and another not."

-Cadence Pert, Ph.D

To be frank, I am not entirely sure if the information about the diabetic chances is true. I have heard such claims from online sources only, and although those sources and plentiful and appeared to be reliable, I of course have not witnessed such an event myself so thus cannot be certain.
I also cannot find solid, scientific evidence as to why this happens; my guess is that psychologists are still in the process of researching and experimenting on the phenomenon.

There exists a book called The Holographic Universe that appears to discuss this, as well as some quantum physics and how reality as we know it may be nothing but a projected illusion.
However, that's all another matter. I have not read the book myself.

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evillaugh wrote:Do I want to know why you have such an ... intricate understanding of that topic?

Obviously because I'm a person with DID and one of my other personalities is a serial killer. My last victim was a bit squeamish

(As a middle schooler with more time on her hands than she wastes, I tend to research topics that fascinate me. Insanity and mental disorders just so happens to be such a topic~)

It's okay. People don't understand why the heck I've learned the greek alphabeth, or how aphrodite was created. :P

evillaugh wrote:It's okay. People don't understand why the heck I've learned the greek alphabeth, or how aphrodite was created. :P

...Love of linguistics or at least general etymology?

Thinking that if I ever go to greece, I'll at least be able to ask 'where is the street alpha sigma rho jotta?'
I'm moving onto pronounciation now, but that'll do for now.