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I dont know any clinical information, but some (many, in fact) people assume mental illness when someone behaves in such a way that they believe their world vie

by chii 8d ago

I dont know any clinical information, but some (many, in fact) people assume mental illness when someone behaves in such a way that they believe their world view and mental model is absolute and fight to the last tooth and nail against any opposing view points (to the detriment of their own well being and others).

voakbasda 8d ago
Well then, the founding fathers of the United States were all mentally ill. All of the greatest scientific minds that made breakthroughs in their field are mentally ill.
- lioeters 8d ago
  Sane people adapt themselves to the world. The insane ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. Therefore all progress depends on the mentally abnormal. (Parody of a famous quote about "unreasonable man".)
  - jasomill 8d ago
    "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists[1] https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26107/pg26107-images.html#id00151 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26107/pg26107-images.ht...
    - chii 8d ago
      and people misuse this quote to justify unreasonable behaviour that does not progress the world.
- chii 8d ago
  > the greatest scientific minds if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest. > founding fathers of the United States that may in fact, be the case, but chances are someone today of similar disposition would not be able to do the same.
  - ceejayoz 8d ago
    > if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest. Then no one has a scientific mind. It's a spectrum, not a binary. Newton was into alchemy. Watson got into race pseudoscience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease has a nice long list.

by chii 8d ago

voakbasda 8d ago

Well then, the founding fathers of the United States were all mentally ill. All of the greatest scientific minds that made breakthroughs in their field are mentally ill.

lioeters 8d ago
Sane people adapt themselves to the world. The insane ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. Therefore all progress depends on the mentally abnormal. (Parody of a famous quote about "unreasonable man".)
- jasomill 8d ago
  "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." — George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists[1] https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26107/pg26107-images.html#id00151 https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26107/pg26107-images.ht...
  - chii 8d ago
    and people misuse this quote to justify unreasonable behaviour that does not progress the world.
chii 8d ago
> the greatest scientific minds if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest. > founding fathers of the United States that may in fact, be the case, but chances are someone today of similar disposition would not be able to do the same.
- ceejayoz 8d ago
  > if one has a scientific mind, they will accept evidence which may be contrary to their personal views. If you dont, you cannot be said to have a scientific mind, let alone greatest. Then no one has a scientific mind. It's a spectrum, not a binary. Newton was into alchemy. Watson got into race pseudoscience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease has a nice long list.