2007-03-15 02:40:15 · 9 answers · asked by pingujones2007 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
The line is very thin, so it could be a combination of the two
2007-03-15 02:52:39 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard a long time ago that it is a matter of the IQ. That the genius IQ level is so high, and being so high it borders on going mad. So it would be a matter of being in the safe genius IQ zone versus going over the IQ genious zone resulting in madness. I honestly am not sure if this is true or not, but it might be on the internet somewhere.
2007-03-15 10:08:51 · answer #2 · answered by Annie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are plenty of well adjusted geniuses... just go to a school like MIT.
Madness is overrated.
I have heard that there is a correlation between high IQ and mental illness.... and I do believe that.
But there are plenty of people who don't fit into both categories. Namely, geniuses without mental illness and mentally ill without high IQ.
Edit: I should say that madness is not overrated as an experience itself-- the experience can be quite amazing and really there are no words to describe it.
However, just to say that madness makes you a genius-- I wish that were true!
2007-03-15 11:53:20 · answer #3 · answered by lexi m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes people being perceived as "mad" are genius'.
Sometimes they are schizophrenic. Sometimes they are savants.
But most of the time they are people who function better in a situation they can control(learning, books......), than relating to human beings. Of all of the genius' I've known, none were very effective communicators.
2007-03-15 09:48:24 · answer #4 · answered by Boo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the person, I always like to say you have to be mad to be a genius, but I'm mad although not a genius.
I think this is a 'catch 22' question or a rhetorical question. no write or wrong answers. Or a question that will never be answered.
2007-03-15 09:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by lazybird2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that they go hand in hand. Some people are just mad and dumb as a post. Some genius are relatively sane...
2007-03-15 09:48:45 · answer #6 · answered by Tjoy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All depends on the time of day.
2007-03-15 09:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by Student 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends on society.
we use to murder geniuses that said the earth was round when we thought it was flat
2007-03-15 10:44:52 · answer #8 · answered by missT 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think i meet the requirements for both................
2007-03-15 09:58:05 · answer #9 · answered by disorder_ly_conduct 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋