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Interesting. In spite of all the outbursts, still more readable than Finnegan's Wake, though.

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.

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Losethos's behavior is schizophrenic. That the behavior might be an artificial construct of a non-schizophrenic human is possible but unlikely. Such elaborate and prolific trolling kept up over the course of more than a decade is rare if not unheard of.

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.

I've thought about your statements and probably you do have enough evidence to back it up. This is an unusual case, and the evidence should be reported more fully when it is stated. i.e. people shouldn't just claim this without reciting the facts in detail.

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.

Why don't you say what you are trying to accomplish? I'm curious too.

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