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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3642570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3642570 is a relevant thread. It discusses "Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnose
by SudarshanP 15y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3642570 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3642570 is a relevant thread. It discusses "Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill". Once Feynman was diagnosed as mentally ill... Great care is needed before labeling people as "needing fixing.". It is probably not a good idea to make everybody act and behave like everybody else.
- singular 15y agoI think it's important not to conflate the more subjective regions of psychology with somebody who is erratic and clearly suffering/causing harm to themselves/others. In fact this sort of relativism can be harmful I think as it can justify people who are mentally ill thinking that nothing needs to be fixed, yet carry on harming themselves/others. You really do have to be extreeeemely careful about this sort of thing, and the Feynman case is hardly comparable, unless there were some nonsensical outbursts from him that I don't know about. On that subject - just because Feynman didn't think psychology was a proper science (and essentially it isn't), doesn't mean it isn't an incredibly important hack. All the people who have suffered from mental illness and received effective treatment are a testament to that.