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It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Post by Traubenfuchs »

gary_0 wrote: post #8
teekert wrote: post #6

It almost feels like gpt created literature when you start to read it, seemingly linking unrelated issues and concepts. But later in I became convinced it’s real and very interesting. Very meme-like, in the original definition of meme that is. A “virus” of the mind.

It read like parody to me at first, but I verified the domain[0] and it's not. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press

This has been a thing for a while.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fakedisordercringe/

It's status as illness though, let alone mass-illness is dubious at best.

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Post by ejolto »

teekert wrote: post #6

It almost feels like gpt created literature when you start to read it, seemingly linking unrelated issues and concepts. But later in I became convinced it’s real and very interesting. Very meme-like, in the original definition of meme that is. A “virus” of the mind.

The last sentence of the abstract felt especially unnatural:

> since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.

Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Post by bowsamic »

OJFord wrote: post #3
pfortuny wrote: post #2

The exclamation mark after that (!) is very relevant, @dang. Thanks.

If you edit it, it will save without modification (auto-stripping of certain things happens only on first save) - though in this case it's probably better just to remove 'stop that' altogether?

The "Stop that!" is part of the paper's title

Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Post by winReInstall »

Imagine you start the same trend, but everyone tries for once to contribute something science wise original to society, so the problem is real, but the potential is greater.

Now comes the part, were advertisers try to create sociogenic illnesses that spread theire product/brands information.

We can also skip directly to the part, were we mourn the youtfull ideals of a idea, taken over by scammers.

Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Post by DanSmooth »

ejolto wrote: post #12
teekert wrote: post #6

It almost feels like gpt created literature when you start to read it, seemingly linking unrelated issues and concepts. But later in I became convinced it’s real and very interesting. Very meme-like, in the original definition of meme that is. A “virus” of the mind.

The last sentence of the abstract felt especially unnatural: > since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.

The whole sentence could use some more punctuation marks, like so:

A large number of young people across different countries are affected, with considerable impact on health care systems and society as a whole. Since spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments, spread via social media is no longer restricted to specific locations such as schools or towns.

Re: It’s not Tourette’s but a new type of mass sociogenic illness

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Post by pfortuny »

OJFord wrote: post #3
pfortuny wrote: post #2

The exclamation mark after that (!) is very relevant, @dang. Thanks.

If you edit it, it will save without modification (auto-stripping of certain things happens only on first save) - though in this case it's probably better just to remove 'stop that' altogether?

Sorry, I did not submit it. Was just pointing him to the (important) difference.

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Post by secondcoming »

winReInstall wrote: post #14

Imagine you start the same trend, but everyone tries for once to contribute something science wise original to society, so the problem is real, but the potential is greater. Now comes the part, were advertisers try to create sociogenic illnesses that spread theire product/brands information. We can also skip directly to the part, were we mourn the youtfull ideals of a idea, taken over by scammers.

There was the alcohol drinks company's WASSSUP ad campaign that ruined everyone's life for a while.
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