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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 632792" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Tragic loss. RIP. My heart goes out to his friends and family. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/16/successful-comedians-display-symptoms-psychosis-study-says" target="_blank"><strong>Successful comedians display symptoms of psychosis, study says - The Guardian</strong></a></p><p><em>Unusual personalities 'connect random thoughts' and impulsive, irrational minds can create best comedy, research suggests</em></p><p></p><p>Comedians are able to make people laugh because they often display characteristics usually found in people with schizophrenia or <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/bipolar-disorder" target="_blank">bipolar disorder</a>, research claims.</p><p></p><p>Their talent to amuse people lies in having unusual personalities and displaying what researchers say are high levels of psychotic characteristics, according to findings which appear to support the widely held belief of a link between madness and creativity.</p><p></p><p>The results are based on a study of how 523 comedians from the UK, USA and Australia described their own personalities and beliefs when they filled in a questionnaire measuring psychotic traits in people who are not troubled by mental illness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 632792, member: 1"] Tragic loss. RIP. My heart goes out to his friends and family. [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/16/successful-comedians-display-symptoms-psychosis-study-says'][B]Successful comedians display symptoms of psychosis, study says - The Guardian[/B][/URL] [I]Unusual personalities 'connect random thoughts' and impulsive, irrational minds can create best comedy, research suggests[/I] Comedians are able to make people laugh because they often display characteristics usually found in people with schizophrenia or [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/society/bipolar-disorder']bipolar disorder[/URL], research claims. Their talent to amuse people lies in having unusual personalities and displaying what researchers say are high levels of psychotic characteristics, according to findings which appear to support the widely held belief of a link between madness and creativity. The results are based on a study of how 523 comedians from the UK, USA and Australia described their own personalities and beliefs when they filled in a questionnaire measuring psychotic traits in people who are not troubled by mental illness. [/QUOTE]
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