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		<title>By: Wholewitt</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-89682</link>
		<dc:creator>Wholewitt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now I know the meaning of torture, listening to Pitchshifter for 10 seconds.  How awful.</description>
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		<title>By: BipedalJoe</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-46154</link>
		<dc:creator>BipedalJoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 21:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought about the norm as a mental filter, that decreases the rate of patternicity and synaptic reconditioning, and being alienated from /or transcending this normative filter increases the rate of memetic repurposing, for better and worse, a non normative memetome creates social friction, and that stress is pathological, but some novel memes end up changing the narrative of the norm, and it is addictingly fun to invent :)

An inspiring TED talk about patternicity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnrJzxngyU</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought about the norm as a mental filter, that decreases the rate of patternicity and synaptic reconditioning, and being alienated from /or transcending this normative filter increases the rate of memetic repurposing, for better and worse, a non normative memetome creates social friction, and that stress is pathological, but some novel memes end up changing the narrative of the norm, and it is addictingly fun to invent :)</p>
<p>An inspiring TED talk about patternicity: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnrJzxngyU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TnrJzxngyU</a></p>
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		<title>By: trakk</title>
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		<dc:creator>trakk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>maybe it could be due to the fact the parietal and temporal lobes are more active (more wired) in creative individuals leaving fewer wires :) in the frontal which is the chief behaviour regulator of all lobes.

This is just my opinion, other factors could also be at play.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>maybe it could be due to the fact the parietal and temporal lobes are more active (more wired) in creative individuals leaving fewer wires :) in the frontal which is the chief behaviour regulator of all lobes.</p>
<p>This is just my opinion, other factors could also be at play.</p>
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		<title>By: trakk</title>
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		<dc:creator>trakk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I consider myself to be creative and I had aspergers.....so this s**t must be true !!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I consider myself to be creative and I had aspergers&#8230;..so this s**t must be true !!</p>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes but am I nutty enough?</description>
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		<title>By: sblack</title>
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		<dc:creator>sblack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you&#039;re right. I think the folks who are aware enough to be intellectual or creative also realize the pain of their existence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you&#8217;re right. I think the folks who are aware enough to be intellectual or creative also realize the pain of their existence.</p>
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		<title>By: PacRim Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>PacRim Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m nuttier than thou. HA-ha!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m nuttier than thou. HA-ha!</p>
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		<title>By: Peter the printer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter the printer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>:-)</description>
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		<title>By: Roger Ellman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roger Ellman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And usually...I can spell, really, honestly!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And usually&#8230;I can spell, really, honestly!</p>
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		<title>By: Roger Ellman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Roger Ellman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I cam and stole a handful of great pleasure from the Joni Mitchell video _ thnak you!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I cam and stole a handful of great pleasure from the Joni Mitchell video _ thnak you!</p>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>X Marx the spot</description>
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		<title>By: Peter the printer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter the printer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wrong, more like psycopathy; they mix well, but desire absolute power and despise &#039;the little people&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wrong, more like psycopathy; they mix well, but desire absolute power and despise &#8216;the little people&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter the printer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter the printer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nihil novi sub sole - Wasn&#039;t Aristotle Greek?
Did they cavort while practising antic medicine?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nihil novi sub sole &#8211; Wasn&#8217;t Aristotle Greek?<br />
Did they cavort while practising antic medicine?</p>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dunno, but I&#039;m guessing it&#039;s the same thing that puts geeks in charge of creating the Singularity. ...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dunno, but I&#8217;m guessing it&#8217;s the same thing that puts geeks in charge of creating the Singularity. &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Peter the printer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter the printer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Will it also apply to creative AI? Better watch out!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will it also apply to creative AI? Better watch out!</p>
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		<title>By: Peter the printer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter the printer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What are people devoid of a sense of humour suffering from Amara! Nice bit of Joni scat singing.</description>
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		<title>By: Mr.X</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr.X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, maybe I&#039;ll buy some Greek island.I heard, they are to be had for some years.I&#039;d charge you 1 $ per month, if you want to live there!?

Alternatively, I read some article about floating cities, maybe you would want to build one of these things.But, depending on which states are in your neighborhood, you&#039;d mabey get bullied (e.g Japan claiming your vessel in order to conduct &quot;research on wales&quot;).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, maybe I&#8217;ll buy some Greek island.I heard, they are to be had for some years.I&#8217;d charge you 1 $ per month, if you want to live there!?</p>
<p>Alternatively, I read some article about floating cities, maybe you would want to build one of these things.But, depending on which states are in your neighborhood, you&#8217;d mabey get bullied (e.g Japan claiming your vessel in order to conduct &#8220;research on wales&#8221;).</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think I&#039;ll stay biological for awhile. I&#039;ll wait till they get some of the bugs out. Do you know of any good semi deserted islands around?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think I&#8217;ll stay biological for awhile. I&#8217;ll wait till they get some of the bugs out. Do you know of any good semi deserted islands around?</p>
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		<title>By: Mr.X</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr.X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Bri:Yeah, I wrote about that in the McDonalds-post.

Scarry stuff.
HM: &quot;We are all one, joins us or perish!&quot;
Me: &quot;Why are you saying we, then?&quot;
Hm:&quot;Screw it.We.. uh (wrong letter) me don&#039;t (dammit grammar) want you.Gtfo, you ***.
You will be forever alone, forever alone!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Bri:Yeah, I wrote about that in the McDonalds-post.</p>
<p>Scarry stuff.<br />
HM: &#8220;We are all one, joins us or perish!&#8221;<br />
Me: &#8220;Why are you saying we, then?&#8221;<br />
Hm:&#8221;Screw it.We.. uh (wrong letter) me don&#8217;t (dammit grammar) want you.Gtfo, you ***.<br />
You will be forever alone, forever alone!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aaaahh, just wait till it&#039;s a hive mind!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aaaahh, just wait till it&#8217;s a hive mind!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Mr.X</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr.X</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Warning: the writer of this post may be nuts!&quot;

Well, the heading tells us nothing new.Or, maybe, it can be taken as an indication that some of the people living with this terrible pathological condition are proud of aforementioned &quot;disease&quot;.

Maybe, just maybe, this is another symptome, mad minds using devices like &quot;self-irony&quot; in order to hide the fact they are just plain capital-c Crazy.

Innervoice1: &quot;Somebody unnormal, inflected with the very condition we are kidding about, wouldn&#039;t make jokes like this, right?&quot;
IV2030: &quot;Yes, yes.They won&#039;t notice that we are creative&amp;nutty technophil-writer nerds! &quot;
IV-YesWeCan: &quot;Wait a minute?We aren&#039;t politicians?&quot;
#The Stopping-sociopathical-behavior sequence activated...#
#Process terminated.#

Editor: &quot;Huh...!?Why do I suddenly feel so lonely?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Warning: the writer of this post may be nuts!&#8221;</p>
<p>Well, the heading tells us nothing new.Or, maybe, it can be taken as an indication that some of the people living with this terrible pathological condition are proud of aforementioned &#8220;disease&#8221;.</p>
<p>Maybe, just maybe, this is another symptome, mad minds using devices like &#8220;self-irony&#8221; in order to hide the fact they are just plain capital-c Crazy.</p>
<p>Innervoice1: &#8220;Somebody unnormal, inflected with the very condition we are kidding about, wouldn&#8217;t make jokes like this, right?&#8221;<br />
IV2030: &#8220;Yes, yes.They won&#8217;t notice that we are creative&amp;nutty technophil-writer nerds! &#8221;<br />
IV-YesWeCan: &#8220;Wait a minute?We aren&#8217;t politicians?&#8221;<br />
#The Stopping-sociopathical-behavior sequence activated&#8230;#<br />
#Process terminated.#</p>
<p>Editor: &#8220;Huh&#8230;!?Why do I suddenly feel so lonely?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Aaron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Aaron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Creativity is the selective accumulation of random variations on a theme. It&#039;s just like evolution, except that the person doing the creating determines the fitness of each variation. So it makes sense that folks with perturbed mental states due to mental illness or to drug/alcohol use (which has also been linked to creativity) would be more creative. They have more random variations to pick from. Of course, if you take things *too* far, the creativity diminishes again because you stop being able to recognize variations that are actually improvements on the original.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Creativity is the selective accumulation of random variations on a theme. It&#8217;s just like evolution, except that the person doing the creating determines the fitness of each variation. So it makes sense that folks with perturbed mental states due to mental illness or to drug/alcohol use (which has also been linked to creativity) would be more creative. They have more random variations to pick from. Of course, if you take things *too* far, the creativity diminishes again because you stop being able to recognize variations that are actually improvements on the original.</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They tend to fall under the category of sociopathy.</description>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s probably ok if you write songs about music, but you&#039;re probably risking your sanity if you go for all-out literature writing.  I&#039;m probably right on the borderline myself, I&#039;ve been writing snippets and jotting down story ideas for years, but I haven&#039;t actually crossed the line to becoming a &quot;writer&quot; yet.  Since I&#039;m already getting close to retirement age, maybe I&#039;ll just wait a little longer, until I&#039;m old enough to qualify as &quot;senile&quot;, then nobody will notice if I become certifiable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s probably ok if you write songs about music, but you&#8217;re probably risking your sanity if you go for all-out literature writing.  I&#8217;m probably right on the borderline myself, I&#8217;ve been writing snippets and jotting down story ideas for years, but I haven&#8217;t actually crossed the line to becoming a &#8220;writer&#8221; yet.  Since I&#8217;m already getting close to retirement age, maybe I&#8217;ll just wait a little longer, until I&#8217;m old enough to qualify as &#8220;senile&#8221;, then nobody will notice if I become certifiable.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My mom and dad said it this way:
Everyone&#039;s crazy but me and thee,
and sometimes thee, a little!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mom and dad said it this way:<br />
Everyone&#8217;s crazy but me and thee,<br />
and sometimes thee, a little!</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My mother used to work as a psychologist. We&#039;ve had an inside joke that we&#039;ve been saying to each other since I was in high school. It goes like this... Personally I think everyone is crazy, except you and me. Then again every once in a while, I wonder about you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My mother used to work as a psychologist. We&#8217;ve had an inside joke that we&#8217;ve been saying to each other since I was in high school. It goes like this&#8230; Personally I think everyone is crazy, except you and me. Then again every once in a while, I wonder about you.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Vasquez</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob Vasquez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Authors, too?  Darn.  I want to be an author.  Did the study specify fiction or non-fiction authors or just all authors.  I want to write about music; do you think that that would be okay?</description>
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		<title>By: Sam Wallace</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Wallace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds about right.  I am looking to start my own emerging tech company, and I have ADHD.  Most of my friends think I am at least mildly crazy, but that only ensures me that I am correct.  

I have found that my time at VMI and in the Army helped to learn how to do goal orientated complex planning, and to stay organized.  But I also found, especially while serving with NATO in Afghanistan, that most senior leaders and General officers never think to look at the forest through the trees.  Most of our government promotion systems are credential based, and thus people who succeed are the ones who are best at working within the system.  And unlike the greatest generation we now relay on contractors to do what we would have direct commissioned people to do.

There is some speculation that George Patton had ADHD based on his academic experience as a cadet, and his sporadic behavior as a commander.  I don&#039;t know if that is true, but it wouldn&#039;t surprise me sense the most creative commander in WWII also almost got fired for sporadic behavior.  If General Patton went to todays West Point he would most likely have been dismissed for his pleb academic performance instead of just being held back a year.

It makes me wonder how devastating a robotic blitzkrieg (or with other GNR technologies) would be.  The culture in the Army outside of DARPA is not focused on how to best utilize tech.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds about right.  I am looking to start my own emerging tech company, and I have ADHD.  Most of my friends think I am at least mildly crazy, but that only ensures me that I am correct.  </p>
<p>I have found that my time at VMI and in the Army helped to learn how to do goal orientated complex planning, and to stay organized.  But I also found, especially while serving with NATO in Afghanistan, that most senior leaders and General officers never think to look at the forest through the trees.  Most of our government promotion systems are credential based, and thus people who succeed are the ones who are best at working within the system.  And unlike the greatest generation we now relay on contractors to do what we would have direct commissioned people to do.</p>
<p>There is some speculation that George Patton had ADHD based on his academic experience as a cadet, and his sporadic behavior as a commander.  I don&#8217;t know if that is true, but it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me sense the most creative commander in WWII also almost got fired for sporadic behavior.  If General Patton went to todays West Point he would most likely have been dismissed for his pleb academic performance instead of just being held back a year.</p>
<p>It makes me wonder how devastating a robotic blitzkrieg (or with other GNR technologies) would be.  The culture in the Army outside of DARPA is not focused on how to best utilize tech.</p>
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		<title>By: Gabriel</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gee, thanks alot</description>
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		<title>By: Marcos Marin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marcos Marin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The human being must be dumbed down and dysfunctional in order to enjoy its otherwise pathetically miserable brief existence.</description>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s an occupational disease. Like a mad hatter.</description>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was intended as a (cryptic) alternative hypothetical explanation (based on insanity more skewed toward creatives) rather than an implication or inference</description>
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		<title>By: John</title>
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		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Either that, or Swedes are crazier. &quot; - no, statement that Swedes are crazier cannot be implication of previous paragraph, since the stats were based on Swedish population only, without comparing to other nations.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Either that, or Swedes are crazier. &#8221; &#8211; no, statement that Swedes are crazier cannot be implication of previous paragraph, since the stats were based on Swedish population only, without comparing to other nations.</p>
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		<title>By: melajara</title>
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		<dc:creator>melajara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nihil novi sub sole
It reminds me of a small treatise from Aristotle on melancholy. In those times, melancholy which could be identified with bipolar disorder, was linked with over excess of bile.

&quot;Black bile, just like the juice of grapes, contains pneuma, which provokes hypochondriac diseases like melancholia. Black bile like wine is prone to ferment and produce an alternation of depression and anger&quot; (Linet)

But as wine, it could for some time elate people and make them over creative and occasional geniuses.

Antic medicine was crude in physiology but there were fine observers of human nature ;-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nihil novi sub sole<br />
It reminds me of a small treatise from Aristotle on melancholy. In those times, melancholy which could be identified with bipolar disorder, was linked with over excess of bile.</p>
<p>&#8220;Black bile, just like the juice of grapes, contains pneuma, which provokes hypochondriac diseases like melancholia. Black bile like wine is prone to ferment and produce an alternation of depression and anger&#8221; (Linet)</p>
<p>But as wine, it could for some time elate people and make them over creative and occasional geniuses.</p>
<p>Antic medicine was crude in physiology but there were fine observers of human nature ;-)</p>
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		<title>By: Khannea Suntzu</title>
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		<dc:creator>Khannea Suntzu</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>w..what?</description>
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		<title>By: Gorden Russell</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-43286</link>
		<dc:creator>Gorden Russell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On second thought, they just keep using the same tired old lies.  Remember the Laffer Curve of the Reagan years?  That&#039;s Romney&#039;s new plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On second thought, they just keep using the same tired old lies.  Remember the Laffer Curve of the Reagan years?  That&#8217;s Romney&#8217;s new plan.</p>
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		<title>By: Gorden Russell</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-43280</link>
		<dc:creator>Gorden Russell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It was observed years ago that psychiatrists committed more suicides than any other in the medical professions (and that pediatricians were the least likely to kill themselves).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was observed years ago that psychiatrists committed more suicides than any other in the medical professions (and that pediatricians were the least likely to kill themselves).</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-43271</link>
		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True dat! Hey I&#039;m an artist! It&#039;s aaaaalllll covered in the article.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True dat! Hey I&#8217;m an artist! It&#8217;s aaaaalllll covered in the article.</p>
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		<title>By: Gorden Russell</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gorden Russell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Name one politician that is the least bit creative...outside of their lies, of course.</description>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can&#039;t. You&#039;re already whacked.</description>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t listen to his jive
I knew all along
That he was all wrong
And I knew that he thought
I was crazy but I&#039;m not
Oh no

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t listen to his jive<br />
I knew all along<br />
That he was all wrong<br />
And I knew that he thought<br />
I was crazy but I&#8217;m not<br />
Oh no</p>
<p>&#8212; Video added to post</p>
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		<title>By: Editor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes! I have worked hard for my madness and I&#039;ve earned it, dammit!</description>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just found out that this is a double decker bus. I&#039;m not riding another inch forward till there&#039;s a driver up on top!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just found out that this is a double decker bus. I&#8217;m not riding another inch forward till there&#8217;s a driver up on top!</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;My analyst told me......That I was right out of my head!...... But I said dear doctor......I think that it&#039;s you instead!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;My analyst told me&#8230;&#8230;That I was right out of my head!&#8230;&#8230; But I said dear doctor&#8230;&#8230;I think that it&#8217;s you instead!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m sorry. That last post was a personal attack. You can whack it!!!</description>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
		<link>http://www.kurzweilai.net/warning-the-writer-of-this-post-may-be-nuts/comment-page-1#comment-43246</link>
		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Can I attribute your blue Meanie, post whacking to a psychoaffective disorder???? Hmmmm , please????!!!</description>
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		<title>By: Bri</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bri</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about politicians?!!!!</description>
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