October 17, 2016
ALL COMEDY IS CONSERVATIVE:
Do You Suffer from Trump Syndrome? : If you're displaying erratic behavior that seems irrational to others, part of the explanation could be plain old sleep deprivation (Daniel Barron, October 17, 2016, Scientific American)
"You know, I'm not a big sleeper," Donald Trump said last November. "I like three hours, four hours, I toss, I turn, I beep-de-beep, I want to find out what's going on."It's a classic set-up for sleep deprivation, and an article by Timothy Egan in the New York Times last February suggested explicitly that this might explain Trump's erratic, irrational-seeming behavior such as lashing out at allies or potential allies, lack of remorse and grandiose thinking.So now, during morning Neurology rounds, my colleagues and I often joke about whether patients of a particular temperament are suffering from what we called "Trump Syndrome"--a ravenous late-night craving for stimulation that results in a sometimes sporadic, often slender sleep schedule.
the American people are so generous of spirit that we prefer to think he's simply crazy than means what he says.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 17, 2016 12:35 PM