Robert Sapolsky and shamanism Shouldn t Robert Sapolsky s theory about shamanism and schizotypalism as the source of schizophrenia be mentioned here He is clearly a notable source on this subject 173 17 92 242 Before anyone else objects to Youtube as a source I ll point out that this is Sapolsky giving a lecture That said this strikes me as a better fit for Causes of schizophrenia Evolutionary psychology than here It s a very speculative theory albeit from a clearly notable commentator with little experimental evidence and it also focuses on what he calls schizotypical personality disorder and not on schizophrenia per se Pretty much what Tryptofish said talk contribs Only pretty much chuckle look at my userpage at how I use language I generally understate things hypobole just a habit maybe a self soothing behaviour just keepin it casual talk contribs