I'm still skeptical but...

[Guest Anonymous]

 

That's true, there is some utility to be gained even if it doesn't work. With regards to the topic, I think threads like this will pop up every now and then because there doesn't seem to be any way to prove that a person has a tulpa. Maybe someday we'll be able to tell if a person has a tulpa based on brain scans or some other tests.

 

The only way I imagine you would be able to test a tulpa would be to measure the rate of serotonin/dopamine transporters removing the respective chemical from the synapse in multiple areas of the brain when introduced to specific stimuli. In a normal brain without a tulpa, the amount of inhibitory neurotransmitters being removed and reintroduced to the synaptic cleft should remain at a near constant in response to stimuli in all areas being measured. But with a tulpa, the amount of chemicals binding to receptors should vary largely between the areas processing your tulpa, and the areas processing your thoughts and feelings.

 

The only exception to this rule would be if someone has bipolar or any form of manic-depressive disorder, since inhibitory neurotransmitter transporters are essentially broken since they don't respond to stimuli properly, and will send out mass amounts of inhibitory neurotransmitters, which is what causes the extreme mood swings.

 

Of course I may be wrong, since there hasn't been any published reports of experiments run on people with tulpas.

 

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