/sci/ - Science & Math

>Grandiose delusions, also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion that occur in mental patients with a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including two-thirds of patients in a manic state of bipolar disorder, half of those with schizophrenia, patients with the grandiose subtype of delusional disorder, frequently as a comorbid condition in narcissistic personality disorder, and a substantial portion of those with substance abuse disorders.
>Grandiose delusions are characterized by fantastical beliefs that one is famous, omnipotent, wealthy, super intelligent or otherwise very powerful., the delusions are generally fantastic and typically have a religious, science fictional, or supernatural theme.

>There is a relative lack of research into grandiose delusions

How come scientists don't do research on grandiose delusions? Does the possibility of realizing that they're not a super intelligent science genius frighten them off the topic or is there some other reason the topic is avoided?