Do You Have to be Ill or Nuts to be a Genius?

“I wouldn’t have had good scientific ideas if I had thought more normally.” This quote, from Professor John Nash, renowned mathematician and the subject of the book and movie, “A Beautiful Mind,” seems to sum up how many of those we tend to see as geniuses feel about their work. And we tend to believe the same – that somehow the most creative among us all have some type of mental disorder – most commonly Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and depression. And this may bear some truth as we look at some of the most creative geniuses in our history …read more