| Re: A working definition of Insanity - and Mass Delusions |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: SeanSean Date: Sep 16, 2008 18:21
"Leon Hoeneveld" wrote in message
news:gaousv$nik$3@aioe.org...
> Sean schreef:
>> "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.
>>
> Sanity is something one agrees on, insanity is something one disagrees on.
You could be onto something here.
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