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Originally Posted by coadie
If we want to claim people are off base (dysphoric) and therfore reject their notions, it is a two way street. When the leader of a religious movement goes off the deep end, look out.
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I almost thought we were talking about Charles darwin who was living out his days in nearly a psychotic trance.
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http://darwin-legend.org/html/darwins-illness.htm |
There, see? Even [LUCID] coadie posts the link. The other "coadie" (a.k.a. ["Crack Pipe"] coadie won't).
The site linked above has some good information, though it is slanted with a somewhat cranky sense of irony. That's okay too, I feel the same way sometimes. However, this discussion of "Darwin's illness" particularly lacks a lot of factual details. The writer focuses ONLY upon Darwin's moods. There is a rather glaring avoidance of the physical pathologies involved that were described in detail by both Darwin and his contemporaries.
One major reason he avoided public appearances more and more after his return from the Beagle voyage was because of his constant need for the loo. This embarrassing debility kept him at home for years. It no doubt contributed to his "depression" - however it should also give us a clue that "darwin-legend.org" ignores entirely.
Just go into your doctor's office and inform your physician that you've returned from an around the world sailing adventure. Add details of how you camped out at night (discovering many new species of insects and parasites) and how that all of the water you drank was from untreated sources from dozens of tropical locales. Then add the fact that you've been feeling rather "down" and that you simply can't live without a chamber pot always handy a few feet away.
Will your doctor diagnose "Depression" and send you to a shrink? Or, will your doctor ask to see your chamber pot so the lab can analyze your stool?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...gas_hypothesis
Since no one conducted a lab analysis of the suffering patient's stool and blood, nor was a careful postmortem performed, we are left to guess at the clues. Ignoring the disease and infectious elements of the problem as "darwin-legend.org" has done reveals more of an agenda at work and less of an objective inquiry.
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