Ted is dead: Unabomber dies in prison

AProudLefty said:
He was brilliant. Something has to have happened for him to crack severely.
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schizophrenia is usually genetic, not induced.

It's like the kids who smoke really good pot too much and have a psychotic break. Some do, some don't. My understanding is that those that do have a genetic predisposition to it. I'll look into it.
 
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AProudLefty said:
He was brilliant. Something has to have happened for him to crack severely.
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Found this: https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/schizophrenia-marijuana-link
The Schizophrenia Connection
The link between marijuana and psychosis goes beyond a short-lived high. If you already have schizophrenia and use the drug, your symptoms may get worse. You may have more psychotic episodes and spend more time in the hospital.

Researchers also have found that if you carry certain types of specific genes that affect brain chemistry, marijuana use can raise the chance you’ll have schizophrenia. One of those genes is called AKT1. Another is called COMT.

Cannabis may cause schizophrenia symptoms to start earlier in life, too. Typically, men show signs of the disorder in their late teens to early 20s, and women in their late 20s to early 30s. Using marijuana may make symptoms show up as much as 3 years earlier.

The age at which you start using marijuana also might make a difference. Earlier use, especially during the teen years, may mean a greater chance of having schizophrenia, perhaps because your brain is still developing during this time.

If you have a parent or sibling with schizophrenia, you already have a higher chance of getting the disease. Using cannabis can make your odds even worse, taking them from one in 10 to one in five.
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Here's the good news: if you smoke a lot of pot and haven't had a psychotic break or schizo episode, you're good to go! :thup:
 
There is a reason why highly capable math minds are pegged as nerds by society


That brain structure can produce some problems with human interactions


Hense that societal viewing of math abled people as nerdy
 
evince said:
Yes he was a math prodigy


He was an idiot when it came to humans and society
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Mental illness is a disease of the mind. "Idiot" is just stupid people. Something like this: https://medium.com/@tgof137/whats-the-average-iq-of-trump-voters-b46603548b35
The average IQ for urban white Democrats is 102 and for rural white Republicans it’s 97.

I'd make a meme (picture) so more Trumpers can understand the data, but I'm short on time.

Additionally, based upon my observations on JPP, most Trumpers are closer to 85 due to a combination of poor background and elderly dementia.
 
evince said:
He instead went down rabbit hole of hating humans
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Rabbit hole = paranoid schizophrenia. It's not a choice.

Consider people sent to prison for multiple DUIs. Drunks have poor decision making skills since alcohol dampens reason. They aren't really being sent to prison for driving drunk or being alcoholics. They are being sent to prison for soberly driving up to a bar and getting drunk without a plan to get home other than driving drunk.

Mental illness isn't a choice. They just are. Our nation fails to look at it that way and, therefore, refuses to do much about it...except send them to prison when they break the law. The US is the most democratic nation with the highest prison population. Most prisoners are mentally ill.

https://www.prisonfellowship.org/2011/09/prison-and-the-mentally-ill/
PRISON AND THE MENTALLY ILL
It is estimated that at least 350,000 inmates currently in jails and prisons nationwide suffer from mental illness. It is a staggering figure, made even more sobering when one considers that the modern corrections system was not designed to deal with such inmates, and is ill-equipped to provide adequate care and treatment for them.

https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/05-2022/mental_health_reentry.html
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 21 percent of U.S. adults, or 52.9 million people, experienced mental illness in 2020. For incarcerated people, those rates are much higher; the American Psychological Association reports that “64 percent of jail inmates, 54 percent of state prisoners, and 45 percent of federal prisoners” have reported mental health concerns. Approximately half the people in U.S. jails and over one third of the population of U.S. prisons have been diagnosed with a mental illness. During reentry, mental illness complicates an already difficult path for prisoners returning home.
 
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Doc Dutch said:
Rabbit hole = paranoid schizophrenia. It's not a choice.

Consider people sent to prison for multiple DUIs. Drunks have poor decision making skills since alcohol dampens reason. They aren't really being sent to prison for driving drunk or being alcoholics. They are being sent to prison for soberly driving up to a bar and getting drunk without a plan to get home other than driving drunk.

Mental illness isn't a choice. They just are. Our nation fails to look at it that way and, therefore, refuses to do much about it.
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We need to follow Norway's example.
 
AProudLefty said:
Very fascinating. Thanks for sharing. He was at college so obviously he have had some good stuff. Unfortunate. He could have been the next Timothy Leary.
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The previously posted history link says he was subjected to an unethical psych experiment would could have enhanced his illness, but he was already genetically predisposed to schizophrenia.

Let's be clear: John Nash ("A Beautiful Mind") didn't murder people. Still, a failure by our nation to recognize and provide help to the mentally ill is hurting the nation.
 
Yes we need to fund the mental illness care of Americans


That means doing a national healthcare system like all other major nations
 
Ted Kaczynski and Donald Trump would have made a great couple at the asylum.
 
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