According to a new study, nearly 1-in-10 children, ages 7-8, hears disembodied voices on a regular basis, but there is no evidence that this is a signal of impending schizophrenia, according to the scientists.
Uh. That's good to know. However, it does leave unanswered the question, why are they hearing voices?
It is proven that, like dogs, children can hear sounds that adults can't hear. If it's perfectly reasonable that kids can hear a ring tone that adults can't hear, why is it suggestive of possible mental illness that they hear voices that other people can't?
Maybe they really are hearing voices. Did anyone ever consider that possibility?
I suggest an experiment. Give these kids electronic audio recording devices, disguised as event counters, and tell them to press the counter button any time they hear voices. When the button is pressed, the recorder turns on for 60 seconds. After a month, collect the recorders, play back the devices and see if they picked up anything.
Seems a worthwhile experiment if you aren't in the least interested in the future of your scientific career.
Wooooooooooo! Wooooooooooo!
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"Think of how much information, in the form of radio energy, there is flying through the air, all around us, all over the world, right now and all the time. AM, FM, UHF, VHF, shortwave radio, television, CB radio, wlakie-talkies, cell phones, cordless phones, telephone satellites, microwave relays, faxes, pagers, taxi calls, police, sheriff, hospitals, fire departments, telemetry navigation, radar, the military, government, financial, legal, medical, the media, etc., etc., etc. Trillions and trillions of separate little bits of electronic information flying all around the world through the air at all times. Think of that. Think of how busy the air is. Now realize this: A hundred years ago there was none. None. Silence." That is from George Carlin's "Braindroppings". Sure those kids hear something. How could they NOT? And it just might drive them nuts very soon. God help us all. Good blog, by the way.
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