Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be his wife

Re:Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be his wife by mrtron on Monday July 07, 2008 @10:53PM (#239464)

And wrote a filesystem chose by several distros as the default. He was a seriously smart guy - and thats what make the story relative.

A lot of smart people have mental illness.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -Hemmingway

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Re:Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be his wife by helveticaman on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @03:13AM (#239655)

>A lot of smart people have mental illness.

How can you question his sanity? Just because he does something unusual doesn't mean he's crazy. I don't question the sanity of really smart people (say, Bobby Fischer or James Watson) because I can't fathom what goes on in their minds. Sure, I'd find Hans Reiser guilty if the evidence warranted it, but accuse him of being insane? That would be arrogant.

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Re:Hans Reiser leads police to body, believed to be his wife by mrtron on Tuesday July 08, 2008 @08:57AM (#239812)

Mental illness does mean insanity or crazy.

It could be a deep bout of depression that caused him to bury his wife. Regardless of circumstances, it is not a reasonable thing to do.

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