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Re:Both geniuses and madmen pay attention to what others ignore by andrewstuart2 on Thursday October 30, 2014 @02:35PM (#8534858)
I guess what I'm trying to point out is that psychopathy, genius, and eccentricity have the same semantic roots. They all indicate some offset from an average.
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Re:Both geniuses and madmen pay attention to what others ignore by calroc on Thursday October 30, 2014 @04:45PM (#8535704)
But psychopathy is a kind of divorce from reality; while it seems that the genius is somehow closer to reality than the normal person?
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