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The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look (2020)

by deesep on 9/26/22, 8:10 AM with 6 comments

  • by h2odragon on 9/26/22, 9:44 AM

    Hafta look hard: they know that any deviation from "normal" can lead to their persecution.

    They rarely advertise. "Wonko the Sane" was asking for trouble with his neighbors.

  • by leephillips on 9/26/22, 2:31 PM

    The article starts to get its teeth into something, but then never bites down. In particular, I don’t think the author has a clear idea of who he thinks the hypersane people are. How can someone who believes in all sorts of superstitious nonsense, such as the Dalai Lama, be “hypersane”?
  • by entropicgravity on 9/26/22, 4:10 PM

    The members of any social species are subjected to balancing the interests of the self with the interests of the group. In such a condition sanity and/or hypersanity is not consistently possible.