(August 4, 2017 at 1:37 pm)Die Atheistin Wrote:(August 4, 2017 at 12:29 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yeah - the Unabomber had a 160 IQ but was still out of his mind. Smart has nothing to do with crazy.
Sometimes I find it difficult to differentiate between stupidity and insanity. I know that someone who isn't very curious isn't interested in learning is stupid, and someone who hears voices that don't exist is insane. But what about someone who is 100% sure that aliens live among us? That person may be insane, because the belief is totally detached from reality, or stupid, because that person didn't think things through.
Stupid has a simplistic view of reality, delusional (insane?) has an unrealistic view of reality.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
