Creative people interpret the world differently

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Interesting short article discussing how creative people see the world differently, and we know szs do, right?

“The findings also hint at why extremely open people are more prone to paranoia and delusions, says Niko Tiliopoulos at the University of Sydney, Australia. “At those levels of openness, people may actually see reality differently,” he says. “For example, they may ‘see’ spirits, or misinterpret interpersonal or other signals.””

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2127804-creative-people-physically-see-and-process-the-world-differently/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&cmpid=SOC|NSNS|2017-Echobox&utm_source=Facebook#link_time=1492441445

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I think most people with mental illness interpret the world differently. That’s what makes us unique.

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