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To: Born Conservative

Ah so now we have turned genius into a pathological condition. Wonder what they wil have to say about Beethoven. Mediocrity if fast becoming the standard for sound mental health.


3 posted on 06/01/2004 1:29:40 PM PDT by CasearianDaoist
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To: CasearianDaoist

Many geniuses tend to show such tendencies; Asperger's Syndrome runs in my family.For those individuals the higher the IQ, the more the condition manifests.

It would have saved my family a lot of time and trouble if we had known what was "wrong" with my brother and cousin and others. As far as I'm concerned, it's not a "pathological condition" but a subtle difference in brain chemistry.


As for mediocrity (or run-of-the-mill intelligence), perhaps that is in some ways requisite to happiness, or at least to contentment. That's not to say I think complacency is a good thing, though.


10 posted on 06/01/2004 1:39:07 PM PDT by petuniasevan (Google the term. Learn who we are.)
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Wonder what they will have to say about Beethoven

They did that one a long time ago...he's on the list of Famous Artists with Bipolar Disorder

19 posted on 06/01/2004 2:09:26 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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