-jma
Schizophrenia is a disorder where a person finds patterns or secret
thing where there are none. They may or may not hear voices, or may
or may not see things that are not actually there, or feel that they
have some kind of special insight or knowledge that they claim to
possess. With someone who is suffering from schizophrenia they will
genuinely believe in the things they profess, even if those things
have no basis in reality.
An otherwise healthy person who is the victim of eavesdropping or
technical harassment may exhibit symptoms which may mimic a medical
condition of paranoid schizophrenia where the person misinterprets
their experience, does not understand technology, or understands
technical espionage only from the perspective of the popular press or movies.
A very awkward situation can develop where is a technical problem
which is so severe that the person is living in fear, and this fear
feeds on itself until the person being spied upon if quite terrified
due the eavesdropping.
Do not confuse a customer who is afraid, concerned, scared, or
terrified who has a legitimate technical concern (and not someone
suffering from a medical problem).
A genius is someone to can find a pattern in otherwise meaningless or
complex data, or may figure out a secret code, cipher, or information
that is not readily apparent to others but they can always explain
how they discovered the pattern, code, or cipher. The genius does in
fact possess a special insight, but very often their insight is
combined with years of experience and careful studies of a subject of
interest. The genius discovers new knowledge, patterns, methods, or
similar things, and can communicate these things to others. All of
what the genius figures out is based in reality, but they may
initially be met with some skepticism or resistance as they are
challenging the status quo.
A scientist is someone who will only believe those things which they
can absolutely see and measure, and those things which can be seen or
measured by others with the same or similar results. The work of the
scientist may lag behind that of the genius by weeks, months, years,
or even decades. Their greatest function is not so much to discover,
but rather to prove things once they have been discovered, and then
to expand the breadth of knowledge about a subject.
As a TSCM specialist, you must have some basic understanding of
schizophrenia and related disorders as you may have someone who is
"hearing voices, seeing visions, and talking with flowers" request
that you perform a bug sweep for them. They may be having medical
problems, or they could be having genuine technical problems. If they
are merely fearful, distressed, and anxious but lack a technical
understanding of what is going on do not automatically assume that
they are having a medical problem.
A genius or scientist may initially come across as suffering from
schizophrenia, until you gain a basic understanding of what they have
discovered. However, be aware that some of the most brilliant
geniuses and scientists on Earth have also suffered from profound
schizophrenia.
Learn to anchor your sweep activities firmly in reality, and force
yourself and your employees to apply rigid scientific methods and
procedures to the craft of finding bugs and wiretaps. More power to
you if you can stare at a spectrum analyzer for 30 hours straight and
derive tiny voltage fluctuations to detect bugs, or if you develop a
methods to find bugs that others have overlooked. But ensure that you
do "see ghosts" in the equipment from staring at the equipment for
too long, and that you are not seeing things that are not really there.
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James M. Atkinson Phone: (978) 546-3803
Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467
127 Eastern Avenue #291 Web:
http://www.tscm.com/
Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 E-mail: mailto:jm..._at_tscm.com
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the
enemy until it is ripe for execution. - Machiavelli, The Prince, 1521
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