this surely must have evolved to be something improved over the centuries, and of, i’d be interested to know of peoples ideas, or feelings, even native insights about to what extent (the concept of, involved in behavioral influences, extending to both informal and formal behavior controls) sanity features in core ego, if it does at all, I mean much of what motivates a normal person is sane, surely

some believe the German guy that started WW2 was mad, he certainly was ambitious

subject ambition, of collective ambition, does the species qualify given its present trajectory

further, is the average person today, in modern times, any better at discerning madness than one of our ancestors on the African savanna three-hundred-thousand years ago

Well, thinking about madness on the African savanna. That bloke who got up and ran after an antelope was stark raving loony, until he caught it.

Critical thinking versus brainwashing and slogans

Mutant load

> is the average person today, in modern times, any better at discerning madness than one of our ancestors on the African savanna three-hundred-thousand years ago?

I don’t think so.

I have a copy of DSM-IV. Outdated I know, but I still prefer it to DSM-TSR.

The distinction of sanity/insanity is largely a societal thing. One criteria that comes up over and over again in DSM-IV is inability to cope in society. And society these days is very much more complicated than it was 300,000 years ago.

The one psychotic disorder that is mild enough to allow almost-normal functioning in society is paranoia. We’re not good at recognising paranoia as insanity these days, and paranoia can be and sometimes is an infectious disease.

The other huge mistake that is very often made these days is confusing a person who has a severe mental disorder but is hiding it (or on effective medication) with a person who is completely normal. This particularly applies in the neurosis and autism spectrums.

As for the evolution of the concept of sanity, the concept was well enough known in ancient Greece, but I don’t know how much further back it goes.

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Like that one.

Is that a quote or a molloriginal?

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Like that one.

Is that a quote or a molloriginal?

I’m not actually sure. Possibly a deliberate misquote.