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Cantor and Nash went through their mental health problems at a time when diagnosis of mental issues was much worse than it is now. Lots of people suffered the s
by henning 19y ago
Cantor and Nash went through their mental health problems at a time when diagnosis of mental issues was much worse than it is now. Lots of people suffered the same thing, genius or not. I don't think it has much to do with the fact that they were brilliant mathematicians.
- gwenhwyfaer 19y agoAnd Turing's "insanity" has a lot more to do with the diabolical treatment he received at the hands of the British authorities; indeed, his suicide was arguably the rational act of a rational man. (I'd hoped the BBC were above such sensationalism; I guess the memory of that old fascist Reith has now been thoroughly pissed upon.)