Posted by taylor18 on November 27, 2003, at 6:27:34
Before reading this article, I had always thought to myself that the difference between the bipolar/schizophrenic and the genius, is that the genius can handle all the stimuli, information etc.
They can process, store, create, combine etc. whereas a less able mind, as the researcher puts it, cannot handle it, and mental illness may result.
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001684.html
This theory seems to be pretty prevalent because it came up again in this book I was reading: The Origins of Genius: A Darwinian Perspective
I would be very interested in researchers' attempts to create a unified theory on the relationship of genius and severe psychopathology.
This is a very personal issue to me. Larry, Ron, anyone have anything else on this?
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