Is Free Thinking A Mental Illness?
• Off The Grid via Prison Planet.comIs nonconformity and freethinking a mental illness? According to the newest addition of the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), it certainly is. The manual identifies a new mental illness called “oppositional defiant dis
Ah, just like the Soviet Union.
Of course, we herd animals should follow the leader up the chute. Trying to move away from the well worn path to that dark doorway most definitely is an "oppositional defiant disorder". Cattle prods will restore order. Keep moving! Don't keep the Burger King waiting!
Free thinking is not a mental illness. In fact, it is one of the greatest qualities of mankind.
Using free thinking to intentionally come to wrong conclusions on a regular basis is one of the worst mental illnesses of mankind, especially when one acts on the wrong conclusions.