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https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fear-and-fragility-the-glass-delusion-and-its-history/>
"In early modern Europe, around the time when lenses began to bring the world
(and heavens) into newfound focus, patients started appearing in medical
records with a particular ailment: a firm belief that they were made of glass.
Tamara Sanderson investigates the source and manifestation of this delusion,
and finds a psychological idiom that once carried the weight of what could
otherwise not be said."
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote "Fascinating. Recommended."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
