Does anyone know how to cite this in a research paper?

The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websitemod to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 464 points –
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Its only a delusion if you're wrong

"Revelation" was a good way to avoid delusion a couple thousand years ago

That's how the shape of benzene was first theorised.

Here Kekulé spoke of the creation of the theory. He said that he had discovered the ring shape of the benzene molecule after having a reverie or day-dream of a snake biting its own tail (a symbol in ancient cultures known as the ouroboros).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene

MLA format would be something like this:

Maneuver, The Picard. The Delusion. Picard, 2023.

Then, in your paper, to reference it, just write "(Maneuver 2023)".

You can't though, unless said delusion was previously published. You can publish delusions, e.g., in an autobiography, a novel, or even a psychology thesis.

Pretend it's in the "supplementary information". Nobody reads it, with the exception of phd students

As a personal observation—"observation" vs "delusion" is a matter of perspective.

The fact that your observation turned out to be a delusion is irrelevant information

Not a delusion but rather a dream in which August Kekulé found the chemical structure of benzene on his dream