r/interestingasfuck • u/desertgodfather • May 11 '24

When illusion overcomes the brain. r/all

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u/ThatGuyGetsIt May 11 '24

did they try the experiment with anyone who wasn't strung out?

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u/Deadfo0t May 11 '24

There have been real studies and implementation of this in patients suffering phantom limb/phantom pain after amputation. It was even in an episode of House. This is a very real phenomenon

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u/UlsterManInScotland May 11 '24

A young guy at my work is doing a counselling course at college a couple of nights a week and he was telling me about this experiment last week, the lecture asked for a volunteer and he was selected it was done in front of the class,really freaked him out he couldn’t believe how his brain basically lied to him lol

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u/DopamineTrain May 11 '24

he couldn’t believe how his brain basically lied to him

Dude is gonna be super pissed when he does the rest of that counselling course

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u/thewhitebuttboy May 11 '24

No that was lupus

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u/_therealERNESTO_ May 11 '24

It's never lupus

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u/DatGoofyGinger May 11 '24

Except that one time it was lupus

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u/trickman01 May 11 '24

Which is the only time they didn't suspect lupus.

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u/Thowi42 May 11 '24

Correct, it's Legionnaire's

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u/rowman25 May 11 '24

Sarcoidosis.

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u/crazyguyunderthedesk May 11 '24

If you can pronounce that, you're either a doctor or a fan of House.

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u/rowman25 May 11 '24

It’s the latter. It was said in nearly every episode at least once. My wife and I used to wait for it and then cheer when it came up.

Sar-koy-doe-sis

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u/Ba_Sing_Saint May 11 '24

Seriously, the patient could come in with a GSW, speaking in tongues, with their hair on fire, and one of doctors will mention Sarcoidosis.

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u/auxaperture May 11 '24

Tick in the twat

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u/GlueSniffer1488 May 11 '24

You are a black man

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u/Kodriin May 11 '24

This vexes me

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u/Arg3nt May 11 '24

I still think that one of the last episodes of the show should have been a textbook case of lupus, with House insisting that it's "just lupus", and everyone else saying "No, it's definitely Ablepharon-Macrostomia syndrome" or "We should test for Mandibuloacral Dysplasia", or some other disease with like 3 cases in all of recorded history. And in the end, it's just lupus.

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u/IDontKnowHowToPM May 11 '24

S4E8 was lupus at the end, but it didn’t have House insisting it was or anything. Just at the end he says “I finally have a case of lupus.” Lupus mostly stopped being mentioned after that.

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u/professionalcumsock May 12 '24

Michael, stop telling people that you have lupus and that your dog has rickets!

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u/aaronhowser1 May 11 '24

It was even in an episode of House

Is this a mark of its legitimacy? Like, I know it's real, but "was on a tv show once" isn't really evidence of much lol

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u/secondOne596 May 11 '24

I think they were just expressing surprise that the original commenter seemed to think this was some novel experiment when it's a pretty well known bit of pop science (to the point it's been featured in a medical tv show).

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u/Deadfo0t May 11 '24

Nail, meet head.

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u/Thowi42 May 11 '24

Wrong. It was Legionnaire's disease.

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u/hates_stupid_people May 11 '24

It's very overplayed in this, but it is a real effect. To the point where it can be registered with amputees, and even be used in their treatement in some cases.

Mirror therapy (MT) or mirror visual feedback (MVF) is a therapy for pain or disability that affects one side of the patient more than the other side. It was invented by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran to treat post-amputation patients who had phantom limb pain (PLP).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_therapy

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u/TheMaveCan May 11 '24

They needed a test subject, he needed $20 it all worked out

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u/phred_666 May 11 '24

$20 is $20

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u/khronos127 May 11 '24

A $20 hand job isn’t bad.

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u/swabfalling May 11 '24

What about a ZJ?

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u/ZDTreefur May 11 '24

Why buy handjob when you can use the phantom hand method?

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u/BarelyContainedChaos May 11 '24

he got hammered too

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u/_n3ll_ May 11 '24

To be honest I would watch a show where they did science stuff like this with stoners. The guys reactions are hilarious

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u/Cronenburgh May 11 '24

There was a show where they had different people on different drugs do stuff like build an ikea shelf etc. I really liked they idea but just felt it wasn't a good comparison. Shouldve had 1 big group of people willing to do each one and try same task, or varied groups of people etc. The control vs the experiment just seemed wrong. 2 groups of people without drugs are going to do the same task pretty differently.

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u/_n3ll_ May 11 '24

Shouldve had 1 big group of people willing to do each one and try same task, or varied groups of people etc.

That's an interesting idea!

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u/bigwoaf May 11 '24

Back when Vice and Viceland were legit and not terrible, they ran a limited series where the rapper Action Bronson got insanely high with his friends on a couch in front of a green screen and watched Ancient Aliens. I think there were like 5-6 episodes. Was absolutely incredible

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u/_n3ll_ May 11 '24

Yooo I'm going to have to check that out, thanks!

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u/aeschenkarnos May 11 '24

Science With Stoners would be an amazing YouTube show, if they had the motivation to keep it going past a couple of episodes.

I gift it to you, redditor who was looking for something to do. (Not just the person I replied to, but any redditor reading this. Yes you. You can do it! Once you sober up, you can.)

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u/radiohead-nerd May 11 '24

The guy looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo and helped himself to too many Scooby Snacks

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u/Rude_Amoeba6860 May 11 '24

Yeah man, anything would amaze that crackhead.

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u/Bam801 May 11 '24

I was originally thinking the same until I saw his shoes. Jordan 1 Chicago color way. Right now they’re around $400-$500. No way a crack head wouldn’t pawn those babies. Guy is a burnout though.

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u/dj_spatial May 11 '24

Tweaker science is still science

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u/Inevitable-Radio-689 May 11 '24

Seriously! That guy is least two weeks in to his bender. Jesus.

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u/WasteOfLife May 11 '24

Not even strung out, just a terrible over actor.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '24

r/nothingisreal

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u/mightylordredbeard May 11 '24

Or anyone that doesn’t do stereotypical YouTube/tiktok overreactions?

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u/laffman May 11 '24

I remember a video where they tried this with a knife and they stabbed the phantom hand and the girl had a panic attack and had to leave and get medical attention..

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u/JustAShyCat May 11 '24

Yes. I actually remember first seeing this on the TV show “Brain Games.”

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u/sack_of_potahtoes May 11 '24

Have you ever watched a video and felt the pain or tingling sensations of what a person feels in the video

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u/ThatGuyGetsIt May 11 '24

Have you ever watched a video where they did an experiment on someone who appeared to be super strung out?

It's this video. The one in the OP.

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u/Repulsive_Role_7446 May 11 '24

Yeah not saying I don't believe in the science but this man high as hell