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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners fans are debating whether cyberpsychosis is a real in-universe condition or a myth used to control people who get too powerful.
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Theory Briefing
- A fan theory with 726K views argues cyberpsychosis — the chrome-induced madness at the heart of Edgerunners — is not a genuine medical condition.
- The theory reframes cyberpsychosis as a narrative tool, possibly a societal mechanism to justify eliminating heavily augmented individuals who threaten the powerful.
- Edgerunners centers on a protagonist whose cybernetic upgrades push him toward the very breakdown the theory questions, making the stakes of the debate personal and plot-critical.