Is this guy crazy?

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Is this guy crazy?

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You are a psyciatrist. A man is brought before you. He claims to be Bill Jones. But nobody knows him, or so it seems. He has no ID, or no other proof. But here is the thing. All those people who cannot identify him he can identify. He claims they are his friends and co-workers. They don't seem to know him. But they do not deny they have the name he calls them, or the title, except his "wife'' where this all started when this "strange" man woke up in bed with her. His "mother" does not seemingly know him but she admits to the name he says she has.

Do you blow off this guy as delusional right away? Or what?
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The possibilities are endless. What are you driving at?
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If that happened to me in real life, I would probably suspect that he was a very crafty con-artist. I couldn't explain how he knows what he knows, maybe he hired a private investigator before his charade, but thats probably what I would think.
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Byblos wrote:The possibilities are endless. What are you driving at?
In order to understand what I am driving at you must watch this, if the link works.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=per ... 02120BFF87

I think it will be worth your 24+ minutes. If you can't watch it I cant see how you can understand what I am driving at.
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Seraph wrote:If that happened to me in real life, I would probably suspect that he was a very crafty con-artist. I couldn't explain how he knows what he knows, maybe he hired a private investigator before his charade, but thats probably what I would think.
See my reply to Byblos. And see the link. It works for me.
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ultimate777 wrote:
Byblos wrote:The possibilities are endless. What are you driving at?
In order to understand what I am driving at you must watch this, if the link works.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=per ... 02120BFF87

I think it will be worth your 24+ minutes. If you can't watch it I cant see how you can understand what I am driving at.
I think if you watch the thing you will see a huge oversight in the shrinks thinking. That is evidence which strongly suggest the patient just may not be delusional. Not proof. But strong evidence.
Be nice if somebody risked his 23+ minutes and decided it was not a waste of time. Anybody up to try?
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