The Link Between Genius and Insanity

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The Link Between Genius and Insanity

Posted by samzenpus on Monday June 4, 2012 @10:13AM from the skullcrusher-mountain dept.

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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This just in... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 10:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Emotionally unstable researchers find flattering results!
1. Re:This just in... by MrBigInThePants · 2012-06-04 11:30 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Wibble.
2. Re:This just in... by Opportunist · 2012-06-04 19:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  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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  We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
3. Re:This just in... by Corbets · 2012-06-04 22:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  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.
schizophrenia by ozduo · 2012-06-04 10:21 · Score: 0, Funny

one of me believes in it, the other one thinks it is a myth.

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I got to the chocolate box before you, that's why the hard ones have teeth marks.
Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 10:22 · Score: 0, Funny

I hate to be bipolar. Its awesome!!
Programming analogy by Chemisor · 2012-06-04 10:27 · 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? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 10:57 · Score: 5, Funny

This is the Flynn Effect. 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.
Re:I suspect it's more to do with by Domminir · 2012-06-04 11:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow, I've never seen it put so eloquently. I just prefer to say I was driven crazy by a world full of stupid people.
It is true. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-04 12:00 · 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... by Charliemopps · 2012-06-04 13:08 · Score: 4, Funny

am I both crazy AND stupid. That seems like a raw deal to me.