The Three Christs of Ypsilanti
by Milton Rokeach · first published 1964
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…of mathematics as a discipline. To be appreciated for its wealth of ideas and references to other interesting books and theories, rather than for any particular argument or thread. Milton Rokeach, The Three Christs of Ypsilanti. A story on what happened when a psychologist tried to bring three psychiatric patients, each believing themselves to be Christ, together and to talk it out amongst themselves. Happened in the 1960s.…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2015?” ↗This reminds me of "The Three Christs of Ypsilanti": Rokeach brought together three men who each claimed to be Jesus Christ and confronted them with one another's conflicting claims, while encouraging them to interact personally as a support…
on ““Subject: Urgent Warning”” ↗…the afterword of the 1984 edition of the book: "I really had no right, even in the name of science, to play God and interfere round the clock with their daily lives." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Christs_of_Ypsilanti
on “The Three Christs of Ypsilanti (2013)” ↗…this, but that your expectations of what the outcome might be are likely to be thwarted. For a harrowing study that the investigator later realized was unethical, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Christs_of_Ypsilanti. I have direct personal experience with this, as I lost a brother to this condition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Christs_of_Ypsilanti "While initially the three patients quarreled over who was holier and reached the point of physical altercation, they eventually each explained away the other two as being patients with a mental disability…
on “On Getting Wasted” ↗See also Three Christs of Ypsilanti
on “Embezzlers Are Nice People (2017)” ↗