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I used to know a guy that smoked >2g of meth per day that would talk nonstop about shit like this. He lived in a makeshift shed at the bottom of a dry river be
by braingenious 4y ago
I used to know a guy that smoked >2g of meth per day that would talk nonstop about shit like this. He lived in a makeshift shed at the bottom of a dry river bed. He’s long dead now but he’d have gotten a kick out of “keto kosher” for sure!
- capableweb 4y agoThe line between insane and genius is indeed seemingly small. Reminds me of when I talked with a quantum scientist. Most of what he said, sounded like ramblings from a coke head, but seemingly others around him understood what he said and continued the discussion, so I can only assume they were actually having a real conversation. If I'd met the guy under different circumstances, I'd definitely wouldn't have believed any of it was actually real.
- shafyy 4y agoThere's no line. Most "geniuses" are fucking insane, they just happen to be right about one thing.
- bigDinosaur 4y agoIs this really true? Maybe they're not 'geniuses' but the most capable people I've met have generally seemed quite sane? Often idiosyncratic, sure, but not wildly decoupled from reality. That matches what I've generally read about famous geniuses too.
- nominusllc 4y agoIt's because genius and lunacy aren't mutually exclusive, and any intelligence sufficiently advanced to be labeled as such is separated from normal intelligence by a wide gulf of differences.
- shafyy 4y agoI don't have any hard data on this, that's just my experience / opinion =)
- nradov 4y agoI listened to an interview with Kanye West. Most of what he said was batshit crazy. The man is obviously mentally ill. But occasionally he said something so profound and insightful it made me think for a moment that he was the only sane one and it's the rest of us who are crazy.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWGW_MzWNsE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWGW_MzWNsE
- zimpenfish 4y ago> The man is obviously mentally ill. [1] "Kanye was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2016, something he has since spoken about openly. He has said that he experiences manic episodes, which typically include paranoia, and that he is not medicated for the condition." AIUI he refuses to medicate because he thinks it will interfere with his creative output. [1] https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/bipolar-disorder-kanye-west https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/bipolar-disorder-kany...
- adamrezich 4y agothe idea that synthetic medication is the only obvious solution to internal mental issues and any other means of handling such things is bad and wrong, is a strange one to me—especially when talking about someone with incredible wealth and creative output.