'gene Writes:
> >Paul Hughes writes:
> >
> > > Although I have never explored this issue in much depth, I'd have to
> agree with you. I think the difference between an institutionalized "insane"
>
> > > person and a functioning genius is much thinner than we want to admit.
> >
> >I disagree. I think geniuses are both dramatically brighter and
> >noticeably more psychically stable than average persons, in the vast
> >majority of cases (as if our database was so very large, ho, ho). I
> >think brilliant cranks are a yet another urban legend.
> >
Paul hughes