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Originally Posted by pachyderm
It occurs to me that many people who concentrate on brain mechanics may do so because they do not want to think about, to remember, their own fears as children. Wonder how often this is the explanation... would it apply to Thomas Insel? What was his childhood like?
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I disagree as not everyone who is bi polar or schizophrenic had a bad childhood. Take psychopathy for instance, it use to be believed this was the result of bad parenting, now it beleived that in fact that is not the case, psycopaths are born, not made.
In some people mental illness is genetic, biological. In some I'm sure environment does the damage. Everyone is different.
I think to suggest Thomas Insel is hiding from his fears by suggesting biological causes is wrong.
Humans are very reluctant to move on from old ideas;
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“When Columbus lived, people thought that the earth was flat. They believed the Atlantic Ocean to be filled with monsters large enough to devour their ships, and with fearful waterfalls over which their frail vessels would plunge to destruction. Columbus had to fight these foolish beliefs in order to get men to sail with him. He felt sure the earth was round.”
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