Re: A working definition of Insanity - and Mass Delusions
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Re: A working definition of Insanity - and Mass Delusions         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Immortalist
Date: Sep 15, 2008 21:48

On Sep 15, 8:02 pm, "Sean" now.com.au> wrote:
> "Doing the same thing, over and over again for decades, and still expecting
> a different result."
>
> And yet still many people believe that substantial structural change in the
> way politics and economics works is anathema, impossible, or not necessary
> in the world today despite all signs and evidence to the contrary.
>
> Of course underpinning all this is the way the majority of people continue
> to think, and what they choose as being of greater value over other
> available options. Yet there are none so blind as those who refuse to look
> in the first place. Others just need a little help.
>
> Consider the following definition on a mass scale across a nation or a
> civilisation ..... what would it look like overall, and how would it
> manifest across varying groups and individuals?
>
> Paranoic Type Schizophrenia - a form of schizophrenia characterized by
> delusions (of persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may include
> anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about gender identity; unlike
> other types of schizophrenia the patients are usually presentable and (if
> delusions are not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner.
>
> --
> "Fear not the path of truth for the lack of people walking on it." RFK 1968

Sounds like a bad reaction to television to me. Turn on the radio and
get a cynical reaction to the same 40 songs without realizing that
there are many more songs than that.

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