Comments on: Ten Crazy Geniuses

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:10:49 +0000

Was Samuel Morse really crazy, or was he just more along the lines of a conspiracy theorist like that Glenn Beck guy?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:49:59 +0000

@wit of a twit

Sure, I can see where you’re coming from, but many of these individuals lived self-destructive lifestyles because they did not have the coping mechanisms to help them live healthy lifestyles. I think your ignoring that aspect of suffering in these peoples’ lives, even if society as a whole benefits some way through invested technology of someone who was really good at thinking outside of the box (or even know where the box is for that matter).

By: FishBottleT

FishBottleT — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:06:43 +0000

Well the stories are pretty crazy. I would agree that Spike.com is probalbly not the best place to get factual information. I would like to see some documentation before I would belive it. But then again who cares if it is true or not. Cool stories either way…i mean a drunk moose?

By: mic jordan

mic jordan — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:21:47 +0000

This is the worst case of unsourced made-up racist nonsense since Rush Limbaugh’s last program. Shame on you neato for promulgating it.

By: Skipweasel

Skipweasel — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:03:40 +0000

Maxwell was very definitely autistic. He couldn’t bear eye contact, would avoid talking directly to people – you had to just hover and hope he overheard a question you might have and pray he’d be sufficiently interested to answer it.

I’m with wit of a twit – “curing” all of what we perceive as mental dysfunction may well be a mistake.

By: PacRim Jim

PacRim Jim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:21:57 +0000

In future, we’ll be able to switch our brain to crazy mode, so we can be creative for a while.

By: Jessus W/13

Jessus W/13 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 06:12:06 +0000

… Ozymandias.

By: wit of a twit

wit of a twit — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:30:29 +0000

That what happens when you fixate. Some of these guys had obsessive tendencies and might have suffered from Autism. It is these tendencies that have helped humanity move forward. Thats why i am a little concerned about movements to cure certain mental illnesses. I like to think of them a individuals who sit on the edges of the bell curve?