[ExI] baby fae

[William Flynn Wallace]

John, my point is that insanity (wrong word, really) and genius have no
causal connection.  Newton is just an example of both occurring in one
person - no cause running either way.  bill w

On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 10:40 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 11:01 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> >> there is a fine line between genius and insanity.  John
>>
>>
>> *> This is one of the myths about psychology that doesn't seem to want to
>> die.  Completely false.  Perhaps because most people cannot understand
>> geniuses they call them crazy.  bill w*
>>
>
> It's no myth in Newton's case, he suffered a complete mental breakdown in
> 1692, he had hallucinations, had fits of inappropriate rage against his few
> friends and was completely non-functional for 18 months. He eventually got
> better but he never stopped being very odd and he never stopped being very
> unpleasant.
>
> The Madness of Sir Isaac Newton
> <https://futurism.com/the-madness-of-sir-isaac-newton>
>
> John K Clark
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