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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I've always wondered how many prophets, witches, and possessed people throughout history actually just had undiagnosed mental disorders.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once you throw in either deliberate, or accidentally high, basically all of them. Though there are/were likely some charlatans mixed into that too.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I can't decide who's more dangerous, the zealous madman or the power hungry charlatan. But the mix of both is just... yikes.

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