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> But analyzing his mental condition is sure as shit not up to me or to anybody else. Why not? Am I unallowed to suggest that Howard Hughes had OCD? That Kurt
by dlkf 3y ago
> But analyzing his mental condition is sure as shit not up to me or to anybody else.
Why not? Am I unallowed to suggest that Howard Hughes had OCD? That Kurt Gödel was paranoid?
Submitting a hypothesis about some’s mental condition is a reasonable thing to do, given that you have a substantial body of evidence in the form of behavioural reports.
I don’t find the above argument convincing, but only because it’s vague and lacks specific examples - not because it’s ”not okay.”