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Have you ever gone to see some comedian and thought, man, that guy is nuts!
你是否曾经看到过一些喜剧演员便想这人可真是个疯子！
So in my head, I'm like, well I'm clearly going to be being chased by mutants on motorcycles.
所以在我的脑海里，我就像是，好吧，我很清楚我将要被机车上的变态追赶了。
Well, you may have hit the nail on the head.
好吧，你还能说得更一针见血一些的。
Because new research finds that comedians show high levels of psychotic personality traits.
因为一项新的研究发现喜剧演员们显示出比较高的精神病症患者的特质。
The study appears in The British Journal of Psychiatry.
这项研究已在《精神病学杂志》上发表。
Creativity is often associated with mental health issues.
创造力常和精神健康相关联。
Think Edgar Allan Poe, Vincent Van Gogh, Michael Jackson.
想想德加爱伦坡，文森特凡高，迈克尔杰克逊。
But what about comedians?
但跟喜剧演员有何关系？
Psychologists gave more than 500 funnymen a personality test that assesses traits associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
心理学家对500多名滑稽喜剧演员们进行了人格测试，用于评估他们人格特征与精神分裂症以及双相型障碍这两种心理疾病之间的相关性。
And they found that the comics score higher than uncreative types, and even higher than actors, on a range of psychotic traits, including fear of intimacy, impulsive behavior, difficulty focusing and a belief in the paranormal.
他们发现 喜剧演员们得分比创造力不是很强的人高，比一般演员高更多， 分数处于精神病症性格类型的范围内，比如包括害怕亲密，行为冲动，精神难集中并且相信超感奇异之事等。
The data doesn't mean that all comedians are cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
该数据并不意味着所有的喜剧演员都是如此疯狂。
But these psychotic tendencies may actually help promote lateral thinking and an ability to connect far-fetched ideas to come up with comical conclusions.
但他们这些精神病倾向的性格也许真的有助于促进他们的横向思维以及将不找边际的想法和思考喜剧的效果相联系的能力。
That abiding belief in the coming Road Warrior wasteland, that's the reason I tried to go off my meds.
对于未来荒蛮战士之路亘古不变的信念，就是我放弃吃药治疗的原因。
