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Patient listened to 20 minutes of a podcast on Tuesday. The subject was, loosely, 14th-century naval trade routes. Patient has, since that moment, brought it up in three separate conversations, preceded by the phrase 'actually, it's a common misconception that—.' Patient cannot cite the podcast. Has not remembered the host's name. Is 94% sure of the facts they are reciting. The certainty is the symptom.
Chronic. A new podcast produces a new 20-minute expertise.
None. Follow-up questions reveal the cliff-edge of knowledge at minute 21.
Patients with Pathological Podcast Expertise Delusion typically present with some or all of the following:
Pathological Podcast Expertise Delusion is a pathological behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Sapientia minima podcastiana — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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