You are right Dawn about reading too much into a philosophical question.
> I don't think that there are any limits for analyzing a question.
> Especially if it uses two factors that could well mean different things
> to different people.
>
> Withe Tara's added comments in earlier posts and reading your
> perspectives. I am kind of confused to what insanity and genius means.
As I tried to state earlier, and as Debbi has stated, it is a "legal"
term. That is why I didn't find the word to be appropriate to begin with,
and I thought that mentally ill or another word should replace it, but I
NEVER tried to define insanity as depression.
> If we rephrased the question. Which words would be more appropriate?
> If a person that is highly intelligent and exceeds in creative thinking. Do
you think that they would end up being led to a nervous breakdown,
I think this wording might be better. Of course, I think the definitions of
what we view as intelligent and exceeding in creative thinking can vary. I
guess I think that the whole question is general but tries to be way too
specific to "one group" of people. Of course, some people who are "viewed"
as highly intelligent may have a breakdown, but the "average" and "below
average" could very well have a breakdown too. I don't necessarily believe
there is some HUGE correlation between highly intelligent and breakdown.
Couldn't one who is NOT highly intelligent have a breakdown, because they
feel inadequate? Couldn't this highly intelligent person have a breakdown,
because they still don't feel they are intelligent enough?