To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives.
JOHN FORBES NASHStatistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts, to add much to his or her previous achievements.
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Gradually I began to intellectually reject some of the delusionally influenced lines of thinking which had been characteristic of my orientation.
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But the Princeton fellowship was somewhat more generous, since I had not actually won the Putnam competition… Thus Princeton became the choice for my graduate study location.
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It’s better to be dead, or even perfectly well, than to suffer from the wrong affliction.
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Nowadays we can do computer experiments using Mathematica, and even solve a system of 42 equations. This offers another route to knowledge, rather than mere ideas.
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Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a ‘normal’ person.
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There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that.
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As you will find in multivariable calculus, there is often a number of solutions for any given problem.
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I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life.
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Statistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts, to add much to his or her previous achievements.
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In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.
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Thus I have hopes of being able to achieve something of value through my current studies or with any new ideas that come in the future.
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I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.
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In a dream it’s typical not to be rational.
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I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However this is not entirely a matter of joy as if someone returned from physical disability to good physical health.
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I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift.
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