Paddy Duncan wrote
Madness is like exam results; the border is
defined by social convention
such that just the 'right' people are
sane.
And mimsy were the borogroves. Reality is what
is.....sanity is measured by an individual's grasp of reality.
Reality defined is what is real,
regardless of whether something is known or not. Not knowing (thinking)
something doesn't change anything except as pertains to the individual who is
ignorant of whatever facet of reality they haven't discovered. Proof in
point is mathematics, or better yet for this list, fractals. Fractals
always were, but the discovery had to await the developement of computers.
Fractals exist, are real and a part of reality. If some bushman in the
Kalahari Desert doesn't know about them then his knowledge of/about reality is
limited, but this doesn't negate anything, it only places limitations.
and the insane are just
heretics.
I don't think so. Insanity is a
measure against an individuals ability to "see" reality. Since we
don't know everything reality (understanding) is constantly expanding and
unfortunately there are some retards who can't accept this, but acceptance is
not the basis for reality. The insane are mentally color-blind. An
individual that can not see color(s) or hue(s) is defective......no other way to
put it. Still, even so, color exists, and independent of the biological
eye, too. IR and UV require special devices to be visible to the human
eye, but nontheless are part of the spectrum at opposite ends.
'Nuff said.......shoot,
Luke.
David M Fisher