tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post5020858737625672671..comments2024-02-26T21:18:23.165-08:00Comments on CHIMERAS: Is creativity an illness? But then... what is an illness?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-67655791667808487502012-11-16T05:59:40.024-08:002012-11-16T05:59:40.024-08:00Thanks, Wes. Yes, it is sad, but it also makes me ...Thanks, Wes. Yes, it is sad, but it also makes me think that maybe it's unavoidable? You either conform or believe in that what you're doing is a stronger cause. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-45420828358565051842012-11-16T05:58:06.329-08:002012-11-16T05:58:06.329-08:00It's not a coincidence, I've been thinking...It's not a coincidence, I've been thinking about this a lot lately.<br />The coincidence is that he'd already discussed the topic on FB. :-)<br /><br />I think right now society is forcing us to adapt and what doesn't is deemed as an outlier. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-31025751013890453492012-11-15T22:05:44.692-08:002012-11-15T22:05:44.692-08:00good food for thought, I think the problem is that...good food for thought, I think the problem is that there is no standard template for "normal behavior" to serve as a gauge for determining the borders of acceptable normal behavior. Its sad that people like Turing had to suffer for failing to conform to societal norms.WesYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-45783464696169751082012-11-15T21:03:07.544-08:002012-11-15T21:03:07.544-08:00It's funny you should point this out after the...It's funny you should point this out after the last post. Arbitrary, contrived social constructs are a topic that usually gets my muse going in the first place. I blame Aldous Huxley. <br /><br />I can appreciate Tanmoy's thought process here and like the direction from which he's approaching the problem. The question it raises is whether the solution is finding appropriate environments for a maladapted person or forcing the person to conform to their available environments.antisocialbutterflienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-11418764882850131362012-11-15T13:36:54.289-08:002012-11-15T13:36:54.289-08:00I like that thought very much, Hollis, I bet that&...I like that thought very much, Hollis, I bet that's exactly what used to happen, they were prophets and medicine men... maybe still are in some parts of the world. :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-29626808348218441162012-11-15T10:44:41.174-08:002012-11-15T10:44:41.174-08:00Obsessed with creations? absolutely. Mad? possi...Obsessed with creations? absolutely. Mad? possibly -- sometimes I wake up at night thinking I must be, or at least out on the tail of some bell curve. In the end it's usually worth the struggle, but I truly have a love/hate relationship with my Muse.<br /><br />Is this "normal"? I don't know, but I bet it's more common than I think. Is it sane? ... depends on the situation, I agree. I have a friend who is "mentally-ill" (officially diagnosed) but I'm sure that in a different society he could have been a mystic, a medicine man, a prophet.<br /><br />thanks for the discussionHollishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788942181934895493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-61488261300752626382012-11-15T07:59:08.311-08:002012-11-15T07:59:08.311-08:00Thanks, Steve, I'm glad you enjoyed the post!Thanks, Steve, I'm glad you enjoyed the post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922888671399516573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7447544468792389936.post-56681159971888703192012-11-15T06:53:31.994-08:002012-11-15T06:53:31.994-08:00Very good post. I agree that mental states can be ...Very good post. I agree that mental states can be viewed as sets of ranges. What is "normal" is agreed upon by societal convention. Even behaviors that are damaging to an individual are marked "wrong" because we (as a society) choose to view damage as a non-useful behavior.<br />Brains are machines, albeit complex ones whose mechanisms we are only just beginning to grasp. These are exiting times to be in for scientific discovery!Steve Halterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03160423930602205230noreply@blogger.com