Ha, and where is the evidence for that? Is it too much to ask for evidence in a forum pertaining to human rationality?
[...] to actively seek neurological dysfunction.
Sorry, there seems to be a misunderstanding. I should have perhaps written clearly; psychiatry being a field dealing with dysfunctional peoples (i.e., dysfunctional identities involved with feelings) the psychiatrist who diagnosed Richard of course had to label (without choice) his sensuous / non-affective ongoing mode of experience in psychiatric terms (whose normal meaning pertaining to identities-with-feelings do not apply to a person with no identity/feelngs).
Is it too much to ask for evidence in a forum pertaining to human rationality?
Sometimes, yes. It depends on how it is used. And I know you did’t really want me to give an answer to your question. But that’s the point. “Where is your evidence?” is just a bunch of verbal symbols that say very little to do with ‘rationality’. If the meaning and intended function of the phrase is equivalent to “Your mom is a cult!” but translated to the vernacular of a different subculture then it says absolutely nothing about rational beliefs. The vast majority of demands “where is your evidence?” that I have encountered have been blatant bullshit (too much time arguing with MENSAns). Your usage is not that bad. Nevertheless, your implied argument relies on an answer (‘No’) for the rhetorical question, which it does not get.
Sorry, there seems to be a misunderstanding. I should have perhaps written clearly; psychiatry being a field dealing with dysfunctional peoples (i.e., dysfunctional identities involved with feelings) the psychiatrist who diagnosed Richard of course had to label (without choice) his sensuous / non-affective ongoing mode of experience in psychiatric terms (whose normal meaning pertaining to identities-with-feelings do not apply to a person with no identity/feelngs).
I do understand the distinction you are making here. Richard still sounds like a total fruitloop but I agree that the labels and diagnoses formalized in the psychiatric tradition can be misleading, particularly when they emphasize superficial symptoms and disorder rather than referring more directly to trends in the underlying neurological state that are causing the observed behaviors or thoughts.
Ha, and where is the evidence for that? Is it too much to ask for evidence in a forum pertaining to human rationality?
Sorry, there seems to be a misunderstanding. I should have perhaps written clearly; psychiatry being a field dealing with dysfunctional peoples (i.e., dysfunctional identities involved with feelings) the psychiatrist who diagnosed Richard of course had to label (without choice) his sensuous / non-affective ongoing mode of experience in psychiatric terms (whose normal meaning pertaining to identities-with-feelings do not apply to a person with no identity/feelngs).
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Sometimes, yes. It depends on how it is used. And I know you did’t really want me to give an answer to your question. But that’s the point. “Where is your evidence?” is just a bunch of verbal symbols that say very little to do with ‘rationality’. If the meaning and intended function of the phrase is equivalent to “Your mom is a cult!” but translated to the vernacular of a different subculture then it says absolutely nothing about rational beliefs. The vast majority of demands “where is your evidence?” that I have encountered have been blatant bullshit (too much time arguing with MENSAns). Your usage is not that bad. Nevertheless, your implied argument relies on an answer (‘No’) for the rhetorical question, which it does not get.
I do understand the distinction you are making here. Richard still sounds like a total fruitloop but I agree that the labels and diagnoses formalized in the psychiatric tradition can be misleading, particularly when they emphasize superficial symptoms and disorder rather than referring more directly to trends in the underlying neurological state that are causing the observed behaviors or thoughts.