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That's that self-narcisism thing I mentioned.

You need to just take everything as a compliment.

Whatever though. I'm sure some kids wanna praise your poetry in the Prose forum somewhere.

-AC

What are you saying? Did you look at my poems? Am I sensing jealousy?

I don't get jealous of other people's writing. If you have a talent, good for you.

I write poems myself but the difference between us is that I write for me, as an outlet. I don't write them to plaster them on KMC and go "I'm special. How can I not be special if everyone in KMC Prose & Poetry is praising me?"

You might be sensing jealousy. They say that it starts with the creator.

-AC

I also write poems as an outlet, especially when I'm depressed.

Philo, you never responded to my thought that if "only an idiot can be deluded" then a person suffering from Megalomania is by your definition an idiot?

Originally posted by SaTsuJiN
the beautiful mind is a perfect example.. the inconsistency with that particular hallucination.. was that the people involved never aged... he was 22.. the girl was 12.. he was 26.. the girl was 12.. his wife knew something was wrong.. and thats all that needed to happen.. he sought help.. and eventually learned to ignore them.. oh and by the way.. even after he learned to ignore them (which he was like around age 70ish).. the girl was still 12 🙂

That's exactly consistency - not ageing, you see, to him it made sense - it was his reality. Still, he was still imaginning them - so he couldn't see the difference between reality and fiction. He could never be sure if he was ever sane or insane.

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Philo, you never responded to my thought that if "only an idiot can be deluded" then a person suffering from Megalomania is by your definition an idiot?

Figure it out - think about the word: Megalomania - I also meant that only an idiot can be deluded by other people.

So if one deludes himself (a Megalomaniac) they are not an idiot?

Originally posted by KharmaDog
So if one deludes himself (a Megalomaniac) they are not an idiot?

Such a person might or might not be an idiot, who knows? Napoleon was an example of a highly intelligent megalomaniac.

He can' t answer the question unprejudiced KharmaDog since he' s suffering form megalomania himself. This is one of the first times he has to admit that he doesn' t know. He can' t give an answer that could be at his disadvantage.

You're right, Storm, but I think I gave a pretty objective answer, right?

I' m convinced of it that if this wasn' t about megalomania, your answer would have been positive.

Why? megalomania is not indicative of idiocy.

Make up your mind. You' re switching from might or might not be to not.

I'm not switching - megalomania is not indicative of idiocy still means that might or might not applies. I said that a person with megalomania might or might not be an idiot, that's not contradictive to saying megalomania is not indicative of idiocy - can't you think logically?

Megalomania is a psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. To look at oneself in that light may not make one an idiot. But such a lack of rational thought would preclude them from being considered a genius wouldn't it?

Originally posted by Philosophicus
I'm not switching - megalomania is not indicative of idiocy still means that might or might not applies. I said that a person with megalomania might or might not be an idiot, that's not contradictive to saying megalomania is not indicative of idiocy - can't you think logically?

Originally posted by Philosophicus
Only the idiot can be deluded.

I have a word for it and if your all nice I share it with you all

Originally posted by KharmaDog
Megalomania is a psychopathological condition characterized by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. To look at oneself in that light may not make one an idiot. But such a lack of rational thought would preclude them from being considered a genius wouldn't it?

I don't think so - Van Gogh was schezophrenic and suffered from a lot other disorders, many times he was completely irrational, but he still remains a genius as an artist, doesn't he? The same with Napoleon - he suffered from megalomania but was a brilliant tactician - arguably the best - maybe even genius?

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