What I've seen of his writing here (by clicking on my profile, turning on showdead, and going to userpage losethos) is about as mad as this,
http://www.chartrain.org/PDF/Finnegans.pdf
Actually, considerably less mad. Try to read that, and then try to read losethos's comments. which can you at least get some sense out of?
Why, losethos - if you ignore the 'crazy' sentences. If you ignore the 'crazy' sentences in the above link, by contrast, you are left with only chapter numbers and the closing words "Paris, 1922-1939."
At least in Losethos there is something in between the 'crazy' stuff.
Anyway, why did I choose the above link for comparison?
Because it's James Joyce!
So returning to Losethos. He might be 'stark, raving mad', but at least there's something to read and understand if we ignore all the detours.
Anyone who dismisses him outright clearly doesn't have a liberal arts education grounded in having to read real nonsense. After reading some of his posts, I have nothing to declare about his mental health - and neither should you.
He told the world he was schizophrenic, as well as describing at various times his (clearly schizophrenic) rationale for certain things, such as the random number generator that he believes God uses to talk to him. It's not a secret, and it's not something anybody is just guessing about.
It would have saved this thread a lot of arguing. (People misinterpreted the issue to be that he hand-coded an OS.)
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=343...
>>losethos are you schizophrenic?
>Definitely. Are you? One minute accusing me of disability fraud, next minute not ntaking meds.
...the extent of your claim that he "he told the world he was schizophrenic" or can you find a more specific link?
You've edited it from your post now, but that he has strong credentials is neither in dispute nor relevant. Schizophrenia can present at different times in life, and even when its onset is early and obvious, it may not become anywhere close to debilitating for many years, even without any treatment at all.
[1] http://www.metafilter.com/119424/An-Operating-System-for-Son...
I can also see someone doing this exact same thing while trolling. So, for now, I will not go from a look at some guy's weird comment history to making a medical diagnosis of a stranger over the Internet. And I don't think anyone else should either.
It would also be interesting for you to apply your diagnosis skills to religious claims throughout history that God has spoken to someone, if you are able to do so over the Internet.
The idea that supposed prophets were often schizophrenic is hardly a novel notion to academia.
I'm unclear on your motive here. Do you want everyone to think he and anyone else acting similarly is a troll simply to be dismissed? Are you arguing for simply demonizing the mentally ill rather than offering any understanding, because there's a chance they might be trolls? And if they are trolls, might that not be a symptom of a different sort of mental illness?
I assume you're trying to accomplish some sort of goal you think worthwhile, but I'm at a loss to understand what it might actually be.
More generally, I would not try to read that much about people's personality from their writings on the Internet.
I suppose in an exceptional case like this you can. But isn't it enough to say that the guy cannot communicate without derailing himself onto delusional-sounding and off-topic religious interjections?
That would not require a diagnosis and would explain to everyone why the community regards him the way it does.