NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/sci/research/957

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From: [e-mail] (Marc Roussel)
Subject: Re: a few comments on Fabrikant
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Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:25:29 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (kumar yelubandi) writes:
>    Point taken.  Though I must point out, I find it
>    hard to believe that any biochemical imbalance
>    in the brain (I'm sure you would agree that
>    schizophrenia and like neuroses can be linked to
>    biochemistry) would allow a manc
>    to function at the top of his intellectual ability.

     Actually, I'm quite sure that this is wrong too.  Many paranoid
schizophrenics are very highly talented individuals.  (I saw one
documentary once which actually called paranoid schizophrenia a disease
of the hyperintelligent.  One of the case studies in this documentary
was a professor as well.  He was quite productive between bouts of the
disease and sometimes even in the midst of attacks.)
     Isn't anyone else suspicious about the fact that he seemed to be
doing quite well until last year?  (By this I mean that all the reports
we have seen indicate that he was well-respected and working normally at
Concordia.)  Sudden degradations in work relationships are a classic sign
of paranoid schizophrenia.
     Again, I have no training in psychology, so if anyone out there
does and can either confirm my impressions or contradict them, feel free
to do so.

                Marc R. Roussel
                                [e-mail]