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Originally Posted by David Johnston2
In what way is a true belief that causes you act crazy less of a problem than a false belief that causes you ask just as crazy but no crazier?
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Because if your right you have some boons. If your wrong your crazy with no benefit.
For example, from the disadvantage itself, if you believe “The government has all phones tapped.” you may almost never use a phone, or require complex codes, etc. This makes you hard to contact, causing a good opportunity for dramatic irony. If you gain information others need to know but you will not trust phones to contact them, or if they gain information you need but can't contact you, things can spiral out of control quickly.
If you are wrong you are seen as crazy, are hard to contact, and gain nothing from it. If you are correct your still seen as crazy and hard to contact, but your distrust of phones may turn out to be a huge boon. Assuming the information is something you don't want the government to know, anyway. If I was the GM I would make that the case at least a few times so your disadvantage comes up in play directly.
However, socially, there is no difference. As the disadvantage is for the social effects, it should not come up. The only difference is in other effects. The belief that ice cream improves computer performance would cause you to break a lot of equipment, likely causing you to not easily hold down a job, and increase cost of living if you want a computer and cell phone...