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I think it's a specific kind of Ad Hominim. It's not even a great Ad Hominim because folks like John Nash who did have mental illness were really gifted in oth

by aeonik 3y ago

I think it's a specific kind of Ad Hominim. It's not even a great Ad Hominim because folks like John Nash who did have mental illness were really gifted in other areas. I was about to post a study that even showed that mental illness is linked with mental disorders, but looks like this recent study is pushing back on that idea. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879926/

solardev 3y ago
> even showed that mental illness is linked with mental disorders Huh? Is there a typo in there, or are disorders and illnesses different in some big way?
- aeonik 3y ago
  Yes thanks for pointing it out. Mental illness, I thought, was correlated with higher intelligence. Especially depression, though there is also the legend of the mad genius. When I looked up studies to reference this it looks like the landscape here has changed.