Spiritual interpretations

"Hi, Before you think that Naomi Wolf 'saw Jesus' or experienced something mystical --- maybe she is just having a neurological (migraine?) aura. Occam's razor -- sometimes the simplest explanation is the right one -- the most logical one. If you live on a farm, if you hear hoofbeats, think horses not zebras (unless you live in Africa). People immediately turn to the supernatural before they look for natural phenomena to explain things that they have never experienced before. Especially, if the are not even in the most general way 'scientifically-literate'. Ms. Wolf's experience (I have them many days -- migraine aura) and she might want to see her doc -- differential diagnosis --- migraine, seizure, fever/delirium, even the very small possibility of stroke/tumour exists before she runs off and explains something -- can't prove something that can't be proved. Simple, simple, first."

(Kathryn Hamilton, March 17, 2006)

References

Bradford DT. Neuropathography: origins and methodology. Percept Mot Skills 2006; 103: 471-485.

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