Thanks! Yeah, I’m not an expert, but if God / Omega told me with absolute certainty that there were somewhat fewer documented congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected, I would definitely start brainstorming explanations like “Maybe schizophrenia presents a bit differently in congenitally-blind people, making it hard to diagnose?” or “Maybe blind schizophrenics are less likely to wind up seeing a psychiatrist for some reason?” or things like that.
I don’t think those kinds of things would amount to an orders-of-magnitude reduction in documented congenitally-blind schizophrenics. But if we’re trying to explain a 50% reduction or whatever, sure, seems possible.
The thing is, I don’t think anybody is claiming that we’re trying to explain a 50% reduction (?). These people seem to be saying that there are orders of magnitude fewer congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected. Whereas my tentative read of the evidence is: “There could be anything from 10× fewer to 3× more congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected from chance.”, i.e. there might not be any reduction to explain in the first place.
Thanks! Yeah, I’m not an expert, but if God / Omega told me with absolute certainty that there were somewhat fewer documented congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected, I would definitely start brainstorming explanations like “Maybe schizophrenia presents a bit differently in congenitally-blind people, making it hard to diagnose?” or “Maybe blind schizophrenics are less likely to wind up seeing a psychiatrist for some reason?” or things like that.
I don’t think those kinds of things would amount to an orders-of-magnitude reduction in documented congenitally-blind schizophrenics. But if we’re trying to explain a 50% reduction or whatever, sure, seems possible.
The thing is, I don’t think anybody is claiming that we’re trying to explain a 50% reduction (?). These people seem to be saying that there are orders of magnitude fewer congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected. Whereas my tentative read of the evidence is: “There could be anything from 10× fewer to 3× more congenitally-blind schizophrenics than expected from chance.”, i.e. there might not be any reduction to explain in the first place.