Fair enough. She certainly is not leagally insane based on your description of her.
So lets just say:
If she believes she is an alien then she is delusional. You say she is fully capable of successfully functioning in life - so her delusions are not negatively impacting her life, that's good.
This part of course still stands as is [chortle] - Why does it not surprise me that you would know 4 delusional people that are perfectly willing to share there delusions with you?
let me ask you this:
Do you believe you know enough to make such an assessment?
Do you believe that your science is capable of making such an assessment?
and to support the obvious implications:
to you the scientist:
Do you believe in the existance of a photon as modeled by science when a photon can
only be observed by it's effect?
to you the religious nut:
Do you believe in the existance of a God as modeled by the Church when a God can
only be observed by his effect?
So according to your logic any one who believes in a photon is deluded... sure they function....[chuckle]
so the religious person and the scientist believe in the same thing by a different name...so?
In my lingo there is a new word:
it is written as OPIGION.
which is essentially defined as :
"
an opinion expressed in ignorance."
which accounts for just about all opinions...
so why am I not distressed by your [chortle ] Opigion?