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You are assuming that because something can be diagnosed it must exist in fact.
by astazangasta 11y ago
You are assuming that because something can be diagnosed it must exist in fact.
- Ygg2 11y agoWhy is this downvoted? Wasn't homosexuality treated as a mental illness?
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoBut it does exist. Diagnosing it wasn't the issue, it was labeling it as an illness that was. Of course, this opens the big question as to what is or isn't an illness, especially when you begin to look at things given hypothetical accepting societies that may not currently exist.
- Ygg2 11y ago> But it does exist. Sure it doesn't, but the context was diagnosing it. As in recognizing it as a disease.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoCan you diagnose an atypical characteristic without considering it a disease?
- Ygg2 11y agoDefinition of diagnosis is literally: the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. Unless you are suggesting that any atypical characteristics is a problem, and that for example someone can diagnose you for having green colored eyes.