While support of this hypothesis would have led to novel avenues of research and potential novel therapies, the results of current study suggest that blindness does not protect against schizophrenia.
So a conclusion of “we still dont know” is quite different.
Its actually a bit different conclusion.
The conclusion of the rain_enjoyer paper is:
So a conclusion of “we still dont know” is quite different.
there’s also observational study on half million people that, turns out, is statistically underpowered just because congenital blindness is so rare https://jmsgr.tamhsc.edu/the-lack-of-comorbidity-between-early-cortical-blindness-and-schizophrenia/ also https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article-abstract/46/6/1335/5813926
This statement read to me as suggests in that more research is needed. It suggests this thing, but to definitively state we need to do more