Presumably in the same spirit, when treating mental patients who think they’re Superman, expose them to glowing yellow rocks. That said, does this sort of thing actually work in real life?
Honestly, it would surprise me if either of those strategies worked (or failed) as one might naively expect, since I mostly expect pathological delusions to involve some seriously atypical connections between observations and conclusions. But I bet there’s people on LW with experience in the field, or at least who have read up on case studies.
Presumably in the same spirit, when treating mental patients who think they’re Superman, expose them to glowing yellow rocks. That said, does this sort of thing actually work in real life?
Reinforcing their beliefs might work for making them even more insane.
Honestly, it would surprise me if either of those strategies worked (or failed) as one might naively expect, since I mostly expect pathological delusions to involve some seriously atypical connections between observations and conclusions. But I bet there’s people on LW with experience in the field, or at least who have read up on case studies.