I'm thinking more of an objective madness, not a socially defined madness.
Specifically, a derangement of perspective and an absence of awareness of it.
Like (to use an absurd example) if you pressed your face up to a beige wall, focusing intensely upon it.
You might be convinced that the whole universe is beige, and all evidence would support you in this conclusion. But you would be wrong of course.
Right back at you.
Well I fleshed out my points elsewhere in this thread so address that if you care to.
You insulted me 3 times in your previous reply and once more just now. Most of the other replies have included an insult as well.
When you insult you do so because you are offended. This much is obvious.
So who are you fooling here?
I think that you don't notice the insanity because you share the insanity. It is normal to you and therefore not insane.
I think that concentration is inherently deranging but, again, normal in our society. Common and therefore invisible. (I am aware of its effects because it is something I study, unlike you and most others. Think of it as a kind of germ theory and I'm Pasteur)
I think that I am treated! this way because my opinion is offensive to these people. And that offense is a barrier to any further thought.
But I hope that, for some, a little offense isn't such a barrier.
Ok. Fair argument. But concentration is key to scientists, engineers etc. And they, as a population, do dictate the form of our culture to a great degree. And this power does not require great success.
How about my first point, the thing about the insanity, got anything to say about that?
When you concentrate on a thing you ignore pretty much everything else. Do it enough and that ignoring becomes blindness. And habitual.
Now your world is just a sliver of what it once was. But you still call this sliver "the world", of course. And upon this sliver is all your reasoning based.
That's what I'm calling insanity.
Those who concentrate best tend to succeed in our society. They achieve the goals, climb the ladder, implement the truth. The rest of us are slackers comparatively.
They are the ones with the greatest power. These alpha concentrators. And they are the most visibly insane.
But even the moderate concentrators have great power. A million software engineers surely have a power equal to a single billionaire businessman.
Why are you people like this?
So far only insults and downvotes. Not the smallest attempt to engage.
Is my opinion that intensely unpopular?
Because it would spread the light of your understanding to ignorant fellows like me, thus improving this world we share.
So pretty please. Tell me why my unpopular opinion is nonsense.
Then explain to me why it is nonsense
Ideas about the world (science). Ideas about everything else (via education, media).
But this is obvious. And you are only pretending to be thick. Why? I dunno. I'll leave that puzzle for you to solve.
Sure. But we're just semanticizing over what constitutes minor details.
I mean we might agree that authority speaks truth but differ on who the authority is. I'd call the former the substantial thought and the latter the detail.