[MD] of sanity and intellect

[John Carl]

I like this, Ron.  Sanity is not truth, sanity is a lie the sane tell
themselves in order to cope with the truth.  Insanity comes from preferring
truth to coping.


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:15 AM, X Acto <xacto at rocketmail.com> wrote:

> Insanity as an absence of common characteristics is also demonstrated
> by the Rorschach ink-blot test for schizophrenia. In this test, randomly
> formed ink splotches are shown to the patient and he is asked what he sees.
> If he says, 'I see a pretty lady with a flowering hat,' that is not a sign
> of schizophrenia. But if he says, 'All I see is an ink-blot,' he is showing
> signs of schizophrenia. The person who responds with the most elaborate lie
> gets the highest score for sanity. The person who tells the absolute truth
> does not. Sanity is not truth. Sanity is conformity to what is socially
> expected. Truth is sometimes in conformity, sometimes not.
> Phaedrus had adopted the term 'static filter' for this phenomenon. He saw
> that this static filter operates at all levels. When, for example, someone
> praises your home town or family or ideas you believe that and remember it,
> but when someone condemns these institutions you get angry and condemn him
> and dismiss what he has said and forget it. Your static value system
> filters
> out the undesirable opinions and preserves the desirable ones.
> But it isn't just opinions that get filtered out. It's also data. When
> you buy a certain model of car you may be amazed at how the highways fill
> up with other people driving the same model. Because you now value this
> model more you now see more of it.
> Lila ch26
>
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