The Link Between Genius and Insanity 402
An anonymous reader writes in a story about the link between certain mental illnesses and high intelligence. "Genius and insanity may actually go together, according to scientists who found that mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are often found in highly creative and intelligent people. The link is being investigated by a group of scientists who had all suffered some form of mental disorder. Bipolar sufferer Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said that findings of some 20 or 30 scientific studies confirms the idea of the 'tortured genius' or 'mad scientist.'"
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Emotionally unstable researchers find flattering results!
schizophrenia (Score:0, Funny)
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I hate to be bipolar. Its awesome!!
Programming analogy (Score:5, Funny)
Linux games that try to make use of advanced features of OpenGL often suffer from driver bugs.
Re:Why isn't everyone a genius? (Score:5, Funny)
This is the Flynn Effect [wikipedia.org]. But it is much more obvious and less controversial on a longer timescale - we are all geniuses compared to our single-celled ancestors.
I guess you've never been to Walmart.
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Wibble.
It is true. (Score:5, Funny)
The partition that separates genius from madness is painted in shades of gray, and possessed of enormous mountains and valleys populated by winged marsupials who reproduce by completely consuming their mates in a process that is neither quick, nor painless.
Why then... (Score:5, Funny)
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Most people try to cure it with a career in politics. Studies have shown, though, that this makes the disease worse.
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The only fallacy here is Wikipedia. "Just World" is not a fallacy, as presented by this web site full of false information.
"You reap what you sow" etc are all TRUE. Not a fallacy at all.
Yes. Thankfully, the flying spaghetti monster ensures that people who are mean to others don't get any meatballs with their pasta, thereby ensuring a just world.