Re: NCR: philosophical talk is back

From: "Dawn DelliSanti" <CREEDGIRLL@AOL.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Thu
30 Aug 2001 17:29:09 EDT

In a message dated 8/30/01 11:19:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
fmniganmu@ALPHA.LINKSERVE.COM writes:

PS. My philosophical question for the moment is: Do genius minds tend to
become insane? And if so, why?
(if this question is of no interest to you, feel free to start another
topic)

Hmm, the last I heard, insane was a "legal" term. I don't really feel that
insane was a very good choice of words if you are trying to start a
philosophical conversation. Perhaps, "mentally ill" or depressed would be a
more appropriate word. Also, will you please fill me in on what a "genius"
mind is? Who really holds the right to label another as such? If I take a
flawed IQ test, and I score really high, does this mean that I am a genius?
I would definitely beg to differ on this. I think the term genius needs to
be properly defined or maybe another word should take its place, before I can
answer this question.