Robert Sapolsky and shamanism   Shouldnt Robert Sapolskys theory about shamanism and schizotypalism as the source of schizophrenia be mentioned here He is clearly a notable source on this subject httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvWwAQqWUkpI    Before anyone else objects to Youtube as a source Ill point out that this is Sapolsky giving a lecture That said this strikes me as a better fit for Causes of schizophreniaEvolutionary psychology than here Its 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     Only pretty much    chuckle look at my userpage at how I use language  I generally understate things  hypobole  just a habitmaybe a selfsoothing behaviourjust keepin it casual